Calling bullsh*t on custodial parents who let the children decide their visitation is one of my most controversial and by far my most commented-upon blog. In that blog I argue that it is the custodial parent’s job to require the children spend their court-ordered visitation time with the non-custodial parent (assuming that parent wants to […]
Archive for the ‘Visitation’ Category
Small bites on visitation
Absent a showing of a “substantial change of circumstances” one is allowed to bring only one motion for temporary relief on a particular issue prior to trial. Typically these motions are brought early in the case–some attorneys almost reflexively file these motions with their initial pleading. However whatever relief the client obtains at the temporary […]
United States Supreme Court finds order granting adopting lesbian mother visitation is entitled to full faith and credit
On March 7, 2016, in the case of V. L. v. E. L., ET AL., the United States Supreme Court, in an unsigned Per Curiam opinion, ordered the Alabama Supreme Court to give full faith and credit to a Georgia adoption decree that allowed a lesbian mother to adopt her then-partner’s three biological children. The […]
The risks of rushing into a final order on custody or visitation
Most people, at least those who are thoughtful and mature, try to avoid protracted and contentious litigation. This is especially true for custody and visitation cases. The stress and expense of litigation is heightened when the fight is over one’s children–and placating and paying a guardian ad litem only adds to this stress and expense. […]
Remedying the visitation of an emotionally abusive parent
A reader left a comment today on my blog, Calling bullsh*t on custodial parents who let the children decide their visitation that I found deeply upsetting. He begins: I honestly hope you’re still reading these comments, since your original post is a few years old. I’m going to go ahead and call bullshit on you […]
It’s called vigilantism
Of all of my blogs the one that has generated the most comments is Calling bullsh*t on custodial parents who let the children decide their visitation. Many of the comments come from non-custodial parents who believe they have been alienated from their children by the custodial parent. They applaud this blog. Many of the comments […]
Updated checklist of questions whose answers can derail a custody or visitation case
Last August I posted a word document containing a checklist of questions that can derail a custody or visitation case. Being informed recently by a colleague of a case in which a client’s interest in incest porn derailed that client’s visitation case, I have added another question (#24) to the list. Who knew?
Dividing visitation transportation responsibility
One phone call family law attorneys dread (at least those attorneys who provide clients their cell phone number) is the Friday or Sunday evening call when the other parent has failed to get the child to the visitation exchange at the required time and is now not answering his or her phone or responding to […]