During a divorce a parent’s first priority is usually to make sure that their child is processing everything in a healthy way. They do their best to inform their child or children of what is to be expected during the divorce process, and they remind their children...
In a conservatorship, a person is appointed by a judge to organize and take care of another person’s financial or personal needs. The person who is appointed to take care of a person’s affairs is called a conservator, and the person being taken care of is called the...
There are times when circumstances dictate that the care or custody of a child has to be the responsibility of somebody who is not that child’s parents. Often, this person is another family member – a grandparent, an older sibling, an aunt or uncle, and so...
“But I have a medical marijuana card.” More and more the issue of medical marijuana use is raised when dealing with child custody battles and whether the medical marijuana user would be entitled to an equal child visitation parenting plan, or something less. ...
Faith-Mixing & Children We live in a society where inter-racial marriages and inter-faith couples are the norm. Seeing a man and woman in a committed relationship, whether married or not, is no longer reserved to those of the same race, nationality, ethnicity,...
Can I request a drug test for the other parent? What about a hair follicle test? The problem of drug use by one of the parents in a child custody battle is frequently an issue that family law attorneys must deal with. First and foremost, as an attorney, I want to...
