When parents divorce, child support is often crucial for ensuring that shared children receive needed financial assistance. But what happens if a child’s parents were never married in the first place? As in other states, in North Carolina a parent of a child or...
Child Custody
How can nesting help your children adjust to divorce?
When your children first learn about your divorce, they may show signs of stress and sadness. Nesting, or bird nesting, is one way to help children adjust. This form of living can be easier for them when times are turbulent and full of confusion over what will happen...
How divorce affects children and how parents can help
Your divorce affects everyone in your family, including your children. You may wonder if there is a time in your children's lives when the divorce will have the least effect on them so you can time your filing to coincide with this stage of life. Unfortunately, there...
How can you successfully coparent with a hostile ex?
After a particularly hostile divorce, you may not know how to co-exist with your children's other parent. When co-parenting, you have to figure out a solution quickly to make the arrangement work. According to Psychology Today, your children need to see you and your...
What happens to a custody order during relocation?
It can take a lot of time to arrange a custody agreement that works for everyone. You may even need to sacrifice convenience and personal preferences at times so you can comply with the order. Life developments can impact the function of your plan. Remarriage or a new...
Is parallel parenting right for you?
After going through a divorce, cooperating with your ex-spouse might be one of the last things you want to do. Unfortunately, as a parent, your child depends on your ability to cooperate with one another. Fortunately, you have several options available when it comes...
Dealing with custody order violations
If you recently brought your marriage to an end and you have kids, you likely have a number of challenges to work through. Whether you have to pay child support or you worry about your child's emotional well-being, life after divorce is sometimes especially difficult...
Helping children through blame and resentment after divorce
A divorce can be extremely upsetting to children, and the complexity of the circumstances leading to a divorce may be difficult for them to fully comprehend. It is understandable that they may feel angry and assign blame to one or both parents. Children may simply...
Should I try for sole custody?
Particularly if you have a very difficult relationship with your ex-spouse, the idea of trying to co-parent might seem more like cruel and unusual punishment as opposed to a decision made with the best interests of the child in mind. If this is the case, you may be...
Should you consider bird nesting after your divorce?
In the past, divorcing parents usually moved into two separate residences after selling the family home. If the parents chose to share custody of the kids, they would shuttle the young ones between each parent’s home at the beginnings and ends of scheduled parenting...