While vacations offer a wonderful way for families to spend quality time together as well as relax and recharge, for a parent who is separated from his or her spouse or is otherwise navigating a co-parenting relationship, traveling with shared children can be...
Co-Parenting with a Very Young Child Without a doubt, making the decision to physically separate from your spouse and/or partner is extremely difficult. It’s not a decision that anyone takes lightly, nor is there ever a perfect way or time to do it. When a shared...
There’s no question that caring for a sick child is no easy feat – add into the mix the inherent challenges presented by separated parents, and it can create a recipe for additional stress and chaos. In order to see these difficulties play out, one needs to look no...
In any child custody lawsuit in Ohio, there are two major matters that underpin each and every child custody order. In particular: What is the relevant custodial arrangement? What is the governing parenting time schedule? Notably, parties to a child custody lawsuit...
You’ve made the difficult decision to end your marriage to your spouse. You’ve done your research and found and retained a domestic relations attorney that understands and shares your goals and objectives about the process to terminate your marriage. Now what? In many...
Britney Spears’ Ongoing Legal Matters In recent years, there has been no shortage of news coverage about pop singer Britney Spears and her ongoing legal matters. Notably, despite the very public nature of the turmoil that has surrounded Ms. Spears for quite some time...
What is a Dissolution? For many, the word “divorce” has a built-in negative connotation. This is, in many ways, the product of how society has painted divorce over the years—specifically, as an inherently conflict-ridden and emotional process. To be sure, the divorce...
What is a Guardian ad Litem? It is no secret that, inherent in any legal proceeding, are a copious number of Latin terms and phrases. For those not trained in the law—as well as for those that do not have any prior experience with the court system—these foreign...
Depp V. Heard Details the Very Real Allegations and Issues of Severe Substance Abuse For the past few weeks, news outlets and social media platforms have been abuzz discussing the celebrity trial of the current moment — Depp v. Heard — which is currently playing out...
Part 2: Division of Assets and Debts, Retirement Benefits, and Estate Planning Matters As discussed in Part One of our two-part series detailing the social phenomenon know as “grey” divorce, a number of recent studies, reports and other analyses have found an...