A child’s school plays an essential role in their growth and development. A school’s curriculum, teachers and overall environment largely influence a child’s behavior and character. This is why parents thoroughly research school backgrounds and opportunities to ensure...
Child Custody
How can a DUI charge affect child custody and parenting time?
Driving under the influence (DUI) can have profound consequences for individuals. It may include potential jail time, fines and a criminal record. But for parents who rely on custody arrangements to see their children, getting a DUI conviction can also significantly...
Can a child choose which parent to live with?
Divorce is difficult enough for children, but even more so when they are the subject of disputes. While their parents may have clashing opinions regarding custody, the child may also have their own thoughts. If the child is mature enough to form an opinion, the judge...
Can you use this evidence to seek a child custody modification?
An initial child custody determination may feel like it has a sense of finality to it, especially if it was fought over aggressively by you and your child’s other parent, but these orders are only good as long as they serve the child’s best interests. As circumstances...
Tips for building a stronger co-parenting relationship
Figuring out how to raise your children with your ex-spouse or ex-partner can be a struggle. You and your child’s other parent may have different parenting philosophies, and you might each have different ideas about what’s best for your child. This can make effective...
How to help your child transition to school after a divorce
The summer is generally a relaxing time, but couples who divorced over the summer months may find the looming school year to be a source of stress. How will you help your child transition back to school when their entire life as they know it has changed? Relax and...
How to go about obtaining a child custody modification
Child custody can be an important ongoing topic and area of concern for divorced couples with children. Parents who share custody or have child custody concerns should be familiar with how child custody is determined and how it may be modified in certain situations....
Custody challenges during the holidays
The end of the year holidays is a busy and stressful time for everyone, and Mississippi parents with a custody schedule to follow may find themselves facing new or additional issues during this time. Mississippi law follows the “best interest of the child” standard...
Have you and your child been subjected to parental alienation?
Child custody disputes can quickly become heated, with each parent thinking that he or she knows what’s best for their child. Although many of these disputes can be resolved through effective negotiations, sometimes parents use tactics that are unfair and downright...
Protecting the children in a divorce
Although divorce is never easy, it is the children who often suffer the most in the years leading up to and after this painful life change. Divorce will upend a child’s life no matter their age when it happens or whether the split is amicable or contentious, and this...