Families and Family Law During the Pandemic: Changes from Remote Working and Learning This article first appeared in the March 2021 edition of Marin Lawyer Magazine. The pandemic and the possibility and necessity of remote working and learning have shifted family dynamics in fundamental ways. Some of these changes, such as children attending
My Child Refuses to Be with Me. What Can I Do? After parents divorce or separate, their child may say they don’t want to spend time with one of their parents. Their behavior may be verbal, “I don’t want to go to Dad’s house this weekend,” or nonverbal: dragging their feet when it
Helping Your Kids Through the Anxiety of Coronavirus With coronavirus (COVID-19) in the news and on just about everyone’s minds these days, it’s only natural for children to feel anxious. They may be worrying that they or members of their family may become ill. They may be concerned that their school will need
Sharing your children with your ex-spouse or partner over the holidays? Like many parents, you may be sharing your children with your ex-spouse or partner over the Holidays. Hopefully, you have a Parenting Plan in place to guide both of you regarding how much time you each get with your children, on which
What Is a Parenting Plan and Why Is It So Important? A Parenting Plan or Parenting Agreement is a written agreement between parents outlining how they will raise their children after they separate or divorce. A Parenting Plan should filed with the court, and some of the agreements parents make are legally enforceable,
Don’t Have a Holiday Visitation Schedule for Your Children? If a separating couple has children, their Parenting Plan states each parent’s rights and obligations concerning child custody, parenting time and visitation. Visitation rights include how much time each parent will normally be able to spend with their children on a regular basis. Oftentimes,
Can’t Agree on a Parenting Plan? What Will the Court Do? When parents separate, the court wants them to have a plan in place to show how their children will be cared for. Called a Parenting Plan, it is a legal document indicating the agreements and arrangements the parents will follow in raising
We Are Not Married - What Are My Parental Rights If We Split Up? As attorneys, we are seeing this situation more and more often, especially among younger parents: They fall in love, decide to have a baby together and then somewhere along the way, they become disenchanted with their lives. One or both of
Our Family Wizard Technology that Really Helps with Co-parenting Many couples today are deciding on a co-parenting agreement, where each parent maintains shared responsibility for the child's upbringing. Co-parenting enables parents to have somewhat equal influence in the child’s life. A co-parenting arrangement can be challenging, however, especially when parents live busy time-pressured lives, or
Sharing a home with someone you want to divorce is a stressful situation, whether you are the one initiating the divorce, or on the receiving end. Both of you may feel as if you are walking on eggshells in each other’s presence. If you have children living with you as well, the situation can be