If you are married to a military servicemember but are anticipating getting divorced in the near future, you will find that many aspects of the process are no different from civilian divorces. Specifically, if you are a parent and plan on receiving child support from...
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What can be done in response to an international abduction?
It is always best for parents to honor the conditions of their child custody agreements. These agreements are created in large part to help provide children get a sense of stability when their parents cannot live together. But that stability can be torn asunder when...
Child support obligations extend to medical expenses
If you are receiving child support, you are well aware of all the expenses that the money goes toward. These funds are likely to pay for critical necessities such as food, clothing and shelter for your child. But sometimes unforeseen events transpire that...
Same-sex parents can now decide how birth certificates read
It has been several months since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision legalizing same-sex marriage in every state. And as you would expect, there has been a domino effect as other laws and rules are adjusted on the state level. For example, one important...
Don’t be afraid to pursue support for your newborn
Life is seldom simple, and sometimes we find ourselves in very challenging circumstances. You likely understand this fact if you are a single woman and are expecting a child or have just given birth. In this situation, you may have some important decisions to make...
Military divorces far more likely after deployment ends
Those who are in military marriages understand the challenges presented by a long-term deployment. While the deployed service member may be thousands of miles away, his or her family will have to learn to adapt to the absence. In addition, each spouse will likely be...
Are frequent overnight visits better for infants?
Divorcing parents will always have a number of issues to address when working out a parenting agreement. Making matters more difficult is the fact that a child's needs will change drastically as he or she grows, so determining the child's best interests can be...
More than ever, child support is critical for young parents
Being a parent has never been easy and parents have always had to find ways to pay for all the costs of raising a child. While financial challenges have always existed for parents, today's young parents are facing an exceptionally difficult set of circumstances....
Mediation is an effective tool for divorce negotiations
Now that same-sex marriage is legal in Texas, gay couples can enjoy the same benefits as their opposite-sex counterparts. But married same-sex couples will also face the same challenges as opposite-sex couples when going through a divorce.A marriage is a legally...
What can I do if a paternity test yields a false result?
One of the most difficult things a man could ever have to deal with is having a woman falsely claim that he fathered her child. One would hope that a paternity test would put the matter to rest. After all, if a DNA test demonstrates that a man could not be the father...