Taking Care Of Children After Divorce
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The article "Taking Care of Children After Divorce" is about family, it was released by Alex Fir.
After a marriage is over and you have custody of your children,
you will have the responsibility for making the important
decisions about your children's upbringing and schooling.
In the majority of cases, the other parent still has a rgiht to
spend time with the kids. Keep in mind, the law says
that tehre should be as much contact as possible with both
parents as is best for the kids. However, in serious
circumstances, a judge could decide that it is in the children's
best interests not to spend time with the other parent.
If you do not have custody, generally, you will have a rgiht to
spend time with your kids. A parent with access usually has
rights to:
- spend time with the children, such as on a weekday evening, on
weekends and on holidays; and - receive information about the
children -- news about their health and well-being and about how
they are doing at school.
As a parent with access rights, you can ask the court to order
the other parent to give you advance notice--at least 30
days--if he or she intends to move the kids to another home.
You can lose your access rights or they can be limited.
For
instance, if you do not follow the cuort order or if you act in
a way that's harmful to your children, the court can decide to
change the access arrangements.
There is also joint custody. Sometimes a husband and wife want a
divorce, but want to continue to share their responsibilities as
parents equally.
Joint custody means that both of you have custody of the
children.
In other words, you both continue to share in making
all the maojr decisions about the kids. If there is
joint custody, many different living arrangements are possible.
The kids may live with each parent about the same amount of
time or live mostly with one parent.
Not many parents go to trial aobut custody. Proceedings can be
expensive and stressful both for you and for the kids. You
have choices other than going to court to reach agreements on
parenting arrangements.
- You can go to a family mediator.
A mediator is generally a
person with a legal or social work background who has special
training in helping people resolve disputes. A meidator works
with both of you and helps you discuss and decide on the
arrangements for your kids.
- You can meet with a lawyer who
will explain your legal rights and obligations and help you
negotiate an agreement. - You can meet with a family therapist,
child psychologist, social worker, family doctor or other
professional who knows about the effetcs of separation and
divorce on kids of different ages.
Many coruts right now offer parent-education sessions, which present
options for settling the issues you face upon separation and
divorce. These sessions also discuss the ipmact of separation
and divorce on kids.
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