As I have blogged here before, despite it not being the law and not really supported by the social science, many judges and even many custody experts have taken the position that 50-50 custody should be the de facto starting
In 2021, I wrote on this blog about a case where a court delayed reunification therapy because a 12 year old child didn’t want to do it. To this day, this continues to be one of the most read posts
Many domestic violence cases, particularly those dealing with allegations of harassment, or borderline cases that may or may not be what is called “domestic contretemps” come down to credibility determinations. Which party is more credible, more believable. Is the victim
It should come as no surprise that a child’s best interests change over time. That is one of the reasons why, under the law, that custody and parenting time Orders and Agreements are always reviewable and modifiable. However, that doesn’t
In the late 1990s when the Child Support Guidelines were drastically changed to account for overnight parenting as well as shared parenting, the terms Parent of Primary Residence (PPR) and Parent of Alternate Residence (PAR) were effectively born. At the
contested custody and parenting matters require discovery and a plenary hearing
When you sleep on your rights, you may not get all that you were entitled to.
Court’s cannot adopt an court appointed expert’s report without affording the parties discovery and the ability to cross examine the expert
Parties can waive the change of circumstances requirement for custody and parenting time modification
a trial court may not draw an adverse inference in an FRO proceeding based solely upon defendant’s decision to invoke his Fifth Amendment right to not testify
