By Jennifer M. Paine

Attorney, Cordell & Cordell, P.C., Detroit office

Note: This is Part 2 of a two-part overview of overseas travel post-divorce. Click here to read Part 1.

Time to Use the Veto?

Has your ex threatened to take your children out of the country without your approval? Maybe to a secret destination? Do you think she has or will apply for passports? Does she already have them?

It may be time for you to exercise your veto with one or more of these options.

Among the Ask a Divorce Lawyer questions answered today by Cordell & Cordell attorneys:

• Do I still have to appear in court if I want to cancel a modification request?
• My ex is scheduled to deploy and offered me a family care plan giving part of her parenting time to a "designated person" while she is away. Can she do that?
• Do I have to pay for part of the her daycare expenses?

By Jennifer M. Paine

Attorney, Cordell & Cordell, P.C., Detroit office

Note: This is Part 1 of a two-part overview of overseas travel post-divorce. Click here to read Part 2.

Thinking about a trip with your children overseas for spring or summer break? Maybe a long weekend for a sightseeing safari, or volunteering in Haiti, or cruising in the Mediterranean this summer? Think again. If your children are 16 or younger and need passports, your ex could thwart your travel plans and send you back to court fighting first.

It’s a power woefully addressed in divorce decrees, if not wholly forgotten: the Two Parent Consent Law, i.e., the one parent veto power. Here is everything you need to know and how to avoid your ex’s veto.

Among the Ask a Divorce Lawyer questions answered today by Cordell & Cordell attorneys:

• My child support was based on a worksheet that included erroneous gross information for me. Am I stuck paying the wrong amount of child support?
• My wife had some premarital money that we used to buy our first house. Is she entitled to any of that money back?

Among the Ask a Divorce Lawyer questions answered today by Cordell & Cordell attorneys:

• Tax issues with children in college, disabled children, and claiming grandchildren
• If my child will be 18 before my divorce is final, do we even need to address custody in the divorce?
• How do I get my fair share of the equity in our home?