Divorce is messy, especially when you have children. However, it gets more challenging when one or more parents have a mental illness. This is how mental illness can impact child custody decisions. The best interest of the child In most custody cases, judges focus on...
Child Custody
Keeping your child’s relationships alive after divorce
When parents think about child custody, what comes to mind first is dividing the time each parent will spend with their child. This goal often takes over and can become the most important consideration for parents when considering child custody. However, your child...
Tips for following your parenting time schedule
Children of divorced parents usually benefit from spending time with both parents. Following your court-ordered parenting time schedule is essential to maintaining positive parent-child relationships. Parenting time, formerly known as visitation, is the time that you...
3 more mistakes to avoid in your co-parenting relationship
Managing a co-parenting relationship and sustaining your child custody agreement can be challenging, especially when your relationship is less than cordial. When you are managing a custody arrangement and co-parenting with an ex, there are things you should be mindful...
Modifying child support amounts in Minnesota
During a divorce, the court may set child support amounts based on both the children’s needs and the circumstances of each parent. However, these factors are unlikely to remain the same as children grow and ex-spouses navigate their separate lives. In Minnesota,...
How to document suspected parental alienation
Custody battles can bring out the worst in otherwise decent parents. While your ex-spouse may be bitter toward you, he or she should respect the relationship you have with your kids. If your former husband or wife actively tries to destroy that relationship, he or she...
Mental illness and child custody: What to know
Divorce is always difficult when you have children with your spouse. It can be even more complex if a parent has a mental illness. Although a mental health condition can affect a custody decision, a judge considers many variables. Courts base parenting time on your...
Nesting may give your post-divorce family a short-term boost
Even if you and your spouse have decided your marriage is over, you are each likely to experience anger, sadness or even depression. Because of their maturity level, your children may face harsher emotional side effects. Providing stability is one of the more...
3 tips for creating a child custody arrangement
Going through the divorce process is not something that most people envision themselves doing. However, divorce is a common event and can become more complicated when the couple must deal with child custody issues. Creating a child custody arrangement that is in the...
Winter weather can impact a child custody exchange
While divorcing parents might build contingencies for illness, holidays and school events into a parenting time schedule, there are certain factors that often get overlooked. In the Upper Midwest, parents must take the time during the divorce process to have a...