Imagine receiving the message that your ex has taken a job or met someone far away, and that she will be taking your children with her.
What can you do? Don't you have a right to meaningful, continuing contact with your children without having to uproot your entire life? What is the proper way to ensure that you will have the access guaranteed to you?
This edition of DadsDivorce Live features Cordell & Cordell, PC attorneys Richard Coffee and Dan Cuneo discussing the best ways to deal with the issue of relocation when it affects you and your children.
My wife and I have been married for 5 years with an 8 yr old child and recently separated. We came to a mutual agreement in which she would get 60% of my income. I make about $2800 a month she gets $1800. We have not advised a lawyer on anything but I need to know am I doing the right thing or am I better off going to court and taking my chances to have that reduced. I have a lot of debt which I need to pay but unable to do that with current bills and expenses. What are the factors that the court looks at when deciding maintenance and child support?
Chad in Texas
Cyber Parenting: Online Communities Target Long-Distance Parents and Children
by Rick Ortiz, editor of DadsDivorce.com
Anyone born after the invention of television has heard the admonitions that come with staring too long and intently at a television or computer screen. But with the passing of the generation who remember life before video it seems as though a kind of evolution and unconditional embrace of the television or computer screen as a builder of community, friendships, buddy-hood, and even a certain kind of parenting is becoming firmly entrenched in our society.
by Natalie Hinton, Esq. (Cordell & Cordell, P.C.)
Many clients begin their divorce cases believing that both spouses are in agreement on all of the issues, only to later find themselves facing trial. The realization of your case going to trial can be nerve-racking and overwhelmingly frightening. First and foremost, know that it is okay to be nervous. It is your future and your children in the judge’s hands, so anxious feelings are expected and even healthy! By remembering a few simple things, you can alleviate the anxiety and walk into the courtroom feeling confident.
Question:
My ex wife enrolled our Daughter in all day Kindergarten, which is $350 per month. She says this is part of the "daycare expense". Is this true? I think that all-day Kindergarten is school, not daycare and should not be part of the daycare expense, so I am thinking about bringing a motion to modify child support. Am I wrong?
