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3 Tips For Talking To Your Partner About Child Custody

By madwire / February 6, 2019

You clearly want to establish a joint custody plan that works for you and your family, but talking to your soon-to-be-ex partner about it can feel overwhelming and bring up a lot of emotional baggage. We recognize how hard these situations can be, which is why we try to address them regularly in our blogs…

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6 Tips For Talking To Kids About Joint Custody

By madwire / January 23, 2019

Divorce and child custody is a hard conversation with your spouse — now try talking to your kids about it. We know the discussions with your children about joint custody can be emotionally difficult for both them and yourself. In today’s blog, we’re going to give six tips that can improve how the conversation goes.…

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Prenuptial Agreements 101: What You Should Know

By madwire / January 9, 2019

Most people think of celebrities or people who are only in it for the money when they think of prenuptial agreements. While it is common practice for celebrities to enter into a prenuptial agreement, that doesn’t mean they’re not for more average people like us. There is a lot of misinformation out there about prenups,…

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How To Choose Your Living Accommodations When Seeking Custody

By madwire / December 14, 2018

One of the most difficult decisions during a divorce is figuring out the living accommodations for the child or the children. Not only can it be difficult to be away from your children when you’re used to seeing them everyday, but there are also considerations when it comes to child custody, which can place the…

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How To Make Joint Custody Work Over The Holidays

By madwire / December 5, 2018

The stockings are hung, the presents are wrapped, and the cookies are made — it’s time to wait for Santa Claus to arrive. As a divorced parent, though, that night of holiday bliss can be stressful for both you and your children. As you’ve navigated through joint custody over the years, you’ve likely picked up…

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Myths About Child Support – Part Two

By madwire / October 17, 2018

In Part One Of Myths About Child Support, we covered three myths that many people believe, but are in fact not true. In today’s blog, we’ll be going over three additional myths about child support. At our family law firm, one of the areas that we focus on is child support. Our family law firm…

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Myths About Child Support – Part One

By madwire / October 17, 2018

A lot of the information that we gather is from television, movies, magazines, and word of mouth. That means that it can be very easy to misinterpret data or to get misinformation. When it comes to child support and divorce, it’s essential that you know all of the facts. Without knowing basic family law, you…

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How Joint Custody Works

By madwire / September 25, 2018

If you’re going through a child custody battle, then joint custody is something that you’ve probably heard a few times. Perhaps you’ve shot down the idea because you want full custody or your ex decided that joint custody wouldn’t work. Before you determine that joint custody isn’t for you, we strongly recommend checking out our…

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Prepare For Divorce With These Tips

By madwire / September 12, 2018

Divorce can be a difficult decision to come to. Sometimes you just want it to work out so badly that you try and try and try to make it work. However, sometimes it’s best for the family if you make the difficult decision of getting divorced. If you’ve been thinking about divorce, then we strongly…

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How To Dress In Family Law Court

By madwire / September 7, 2018

What you wear to court can make or break the judge’s decision. While it might not seem like a huge deal to show up in jeans and t-shirt, you’re trying to demonstrate why the judge should side with you. When you show up looking sloppy, it doesn’t truly make a great first impression. It’s important…

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