Divorce Advice for Men | Fathers Rights Divorce | Child Custody

By Daniel L. Lambert

Cordell & Cordell Divorce Lawyer

In some states, a Pretrial Report for Child Custody Trial is required by the judge prior to beginning a child custody battle.

What is required in this report? Do you need to provide to each party all documents, evidence, emails, voice messages, or any other key evidentiary documents at the time of the report being due?

The answer to what and when you have to produce evidence will depend on your local rules, the pretrial order, and your state's child custody laws.

Debra Worthington

Worthington Interior Design

Making a new happy home for newly divorced dads can be challenging, especially if you are raising your children while having joint custody.

Starting over and creating a new home for your children may spark the need to hire an interior designer, a popular trend according to a New York Times article about more divorced men hiring decorators to create their new home’s environment.

Interior designers help you decide on how much space you will need in a new home and if the layout works for your lifestyle. Interior designers work with you to create the type of living space to live comfortably and entertain as well as to relate to your children.

Question:

I need to know how to prepare myself for a potential child custody battle. The mother of my child is very promiscuous and often engages in sexual acts while our small child is in the same room.

Apparently this is not illegal, but she continues to behave this way even after I've expressed to her that I think it's highly inappropriate for our child to be anywhere near that.

Is this something that I should be documenting or record our conversations about the subject in case I need it for a possible custody battle?

By Robin W. Klein

Mens Divorce Attorney, Cordell and Cordell

Divorce lawyers for men frequently hear from clients that their wife has run off with "Mr. Wonderful" who turns out not to be so wonderful after all.

Understandably, divorced dads do not want their children spending time with a strange man they do not know, particularly if the boyfriend has a checkered past.

But how relevant is your wife's new boyfriend's background? If he has a criminal background, is that grounds alone to obtain a more favorable child custody ruling?

By Matt Allen

Editor, DadsDivorce.com

A recent child custody battle with a unique Facebook twist once again has divorce lawyers warning clients about the perils of using social networks when going through a divorce.

In this instance, an Indiana woman created a fake profile of a 17-year-old girl on Facebook to get information out of her ex-husband.

The only problem was her ex was a step ahead of her, though his gamble was far too risky to warrant his actions, according to two Cordell & Cordell divorce attorneys.