When parents separate or divorce, creating a thoughtful parenting plan can help them to better ensure the well-being of their children. A parenting plan generally outlines how custody, parenting time and decision-making responsibilities will be shared between those...
Joint custody is when both parents share in the decision-making and overall upbringing of the child. The state wants the parents to be as present as possible in their child's life. It would entail their open collaboration concerning the child's mental, educational,...
Why is it that the ones we love hurt us the most? The person we marry is the person we share everything to and with; the person we trust. We can never believe that they would do anything to purposely hurt us, until you catch them cheating. Their infidelity gives you a...
Divorce is not just emotionally difficult to process, but it is also financially stressful, especially if you need to find a job after spending years taking care of the family at home. Louisiana law recognizes that the financial disparity between two spouses can be a...
Maybe you come into your marriage with significant assets that you want to protect should you divorce. Or you may want to either avoid paying spousal support or, conversely, ensure you will be paid an appropriate amount of spousal support should you divorce. To reach...
For those with children who are thinking about divorce, the idea of co-parenting can be daunting. This is, especially true if one of the reasons for the divorce is disagreements over parenting. However, regardless of those disagreements, unless there are abuse...
Divorce does not have to be dramatic. It does not have to be chaotic. If parents can agree to go through the process with the best interests of their child at heart, it can be a somber, amicable process. Unfortunately, fathers have a much more difficult time...
When a couple decides to call it quits, they are taking steps that will change the course of the rest of their lives, also influencing their children’s future as well. Understanding the process of separation and divorce may not ease the pain everyone may be feeling,...
Louisiana parents may have higher child support payments than they would if they lived in the neighboring state of Mississippi. This was one of the findings of the company Custody X Change, which conducted a study to examine the wide disparities in child support...