Forced Parenting Time Results In Assault Against Dad: A No-Win Situation

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Dec 12
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Janet Langjahr, a divorce and family lawyer who authors the Florida Divorce Law Blog recently cited an article in the Northwest Florida Daily News about a 12-year-old girl arrested for assaulting her father. The cause of her anger? Dad was trying to force her to be with him during court ordered parenting time. Not sure who was in the wrong...dad for forcing or daughter for striking. I represent a client with similar issues. The kids are angry with mom about the fact that she had (and is having) an affair with the man across the street. The kids have demanded that she stop seeing him, but mom refuses, citing "adult privilege." It hasn't been pretty, but my client has struggled with « Continue »

What Are The Common Parenting Time Schedules? How Is Child Support Affected By Them?

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Dec 12
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In recent years, Minnesota's child support statutes have shifted from a "label-based" model to a "parenting schedule" based model. It used to be that child support was calculated based upon the type of custody (whether joint physical or sole physical) arrangement the parties were awarded by the court. New emphasis has been placed on the actual amount of parenting time that has been awarded, as opposed to mere labels. For that reason, the label, itself, has basically become meaningless. Some, including me, predict the end of the label in the next five to seven years. The support guidelines now discount child support for an obligor (the one who pays) if they spend a certain amount of « Continue »

Birthday Party Or Bridesmaid? A Judge Named Whipple Squeezes Dad

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Aug 12
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Eric Solotoff, a certified matrimonial lawyer based in Roseland, New Jersey, recently featured an article from the Daily Record surrounding a post-decree parenting time dispute between a mother and father. Here's how ugly (and downright silly) things can get sometimes: Ruling against a divorced father's wish that his daughter help him celebrate his birthday, a judge in Morristown Thursday said the child should have the rare chance to spend that time as a bridesmaid at her godmother's wedding. Mother Cortney Hooper of Dover took her ex-husband, Steven Miller, to Superior Court to have a judge decide how their 10-year-old daughter should spend Friday night, even though it encroaches on « Continue »

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