It can be very difficult to watch your child go through feelings of sadness, confusion, frustration and guilt after you and your spouse get divorced or if you and your ex part ways. Sometimes, children who are aware of the situation blame one of their parents for the breakup and will begin doing everything they […]
FAQs Category: Visitation
Child support and parenting time are two different issues, and the court will treat them that way. If your ex is behind on child support, they are still entitled to have parenting time with the child if there is a court order or judgment in effect allowing them to. If they are behind on child […]
If your ex withholds the children from you during your parenting time, try to remain calm and not explode with anger if the children are present. If you have a court order or judgment, send a polite but firm email to your ex informing him or her that they are not following the court order. […]
In Massachusetts, grandparents do have the right to visit with their grandchildren, but only under certain circumstances. Grandparents will ordinarily be allowed visitation rights in Massachusetts if they can demonstrate to the court that they have had a preexisting relationship with the child that amounted to that of a de facto parent and that failure […]
There are two approaches on how this parenting conundrum is handled. One viewpoint is that if you have a joint parenting plan or a plan that is approximately an equal split with the other parent, what you do on your parenting time is your business (generally speaking) and what the other parent does is his […]