Parental alienation occurs when one parent influences a child to reject the other parent, often through manipulation or negative comments. This behavior can have serious legal and emotional consequences, especially in custody disputes. Understanding how courts handle...
Child Custody
How Indiana’s parenting time rules affect your custody schedule
Indiana’s parenting time rules play a significant role in shaping custody schedules for families. The state’s guidelines offer a structured approach to managing time between parents and children. These rules aim to create stability and consistency, ensuring that...
How can a parent’s mental health history affect custody disputes?
Mental health is a common and important issue affecting many families. Fortunately, society now understands these conditions better and offers greater sympathy. However, in child custody cases, a parent’s mental health history can still impact how a court rules....
What penalties can a parent face for parenting time violations?
During divorce proceedings, parenting time can be a vital topic, often requiring the court's involvement if the parents have contradicting perspectives on their child's upbringing. Fortunately, documentation enforcing parenting time can be legally binding, making both...
Understanding the child custody process in Indiana
When parents of young children divorce, they must address child custody. This is a complex issue even in cases of relatively amicable divorce. In a high-conflict divorce, resolving child custody matters can be very difficult and emotional. Child custody process Some...
Will the court consider a child’s preference for custody?
According to the U.S. Census, in 2019, 25.8% of children in the country lived with only one parent. Many of these situations likely involved going to court to settle custody arrangements between the parents. When the court must decide custody matters, a judge has...
Alternating weeks may not be best for child custody
One of the main issues that parents in Indiana need to consider when divorcing is how to divide parenting time with their children. Many parents think that a schedule of having children spend alternating weeks with each parent is one of the best solutions. However,...
Tips for divorcing parents with special needs children
If you are a parent of a child with special needs, co-parenting can be incredibly challenging when getting a divorce in Indiana. Understanding the complexity of these cases is essential to crafting an equitable plan. Set a routine Children with special needs often...
Domestic violence as a factor in custody orders
As parents in Indiana work on resolving child custody issues, one factor that might severely affect the outcome of the situation is domestic violence. Whether the violence is ongoing, recent or from a long time ago, courts will consider the implications of the...
Three simple steps to remember while co-parenting with a narcissist
Each year, many married couples in Indiana decide they can no longer make things work. If you and your former spouse have children together, you'll need to develop a co-parenting plan. Unfortunately, the post-divorce process can become harder if you're co-parenting...
