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    thoughtlessly and somewhat saddened, yet emotionless and jaded at the same time. I was awaiting the results of court proceedings regarding custody. A few months earlier Presley and I were in our mom’s apartment and Presley had found marijuana in Trystan’s room. Trystan was four years old. Both of our fathers were looking for a solid maneuver to get full custody of their respective children. My mom was at work that night. I don’t remember much. I know our sister Gabby was called by Presley, who…

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    they file a petition for divorce. Prior to filing a petition for divorce, couples should think about and agree with all the material terms of the settlement agreement. The categories of the material terms are as follows: (1) child support; (2) custody of children and visitation (a parenting plan is also included here); (3) allocation of debt; (4) spousal support as well as (5) personal and real property division. Once there is an agreement, a petition for divorce can be filed by…

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    At the age of nine, just as if awakening from a hypnotic state, all I heard was one word— divorce— and I found myself awoken from the sanctuary of childhood. All alone and unable to hide behind the genuine ignorance of innocence, I was forced to confront the realities of my parent's divorce; realities in which, exposed my mother's lifelong struggle against oppression. It was through my mother's stories that I began to see her lack of autonomy as the byproduct of the inequitable and patriarchal…

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    the bouncing back and forth to each parents house though a decision made by the parents’ or a decision made by the court. This depends on how the parents’ communicate and if they want to be corporative with each other to still be able to raise their child or children. Divorce cause the children to have the stress of going back and forth,…

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    in Pensacola, child custody and visitation are some of the most contentious issues when it comes to the kids. These issues can become highly emotional and extremely expensive to resolve. And the subsequent fighting ends up affecting the child's relationship with both parents. The Concept of Child Custody in Florida Under Florida law, there is no such thing as "child custody". Instead, the parents have a "time-sharing" agreement on how much time each parent will have with the child. Since…

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    Stages Of Divorce

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    Kathleen O’Connell Corcoran article Psychological and Emotional Aspects of Divorce explains in great detail the effects, stages, and reactions for divorce. She also explains the effects and reactions that are typical for women, men, and the child/ren of the parents getting divorced. The article begins with the details of how common divorce really is and the statistics of divorce and the statistics for children who have divorced parents and parents who were not married. The United States has…

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    after child custody. Whichever spouses is the biggest wage earner feels taken advantage of and holds a lot of hostility toward splitting their hard earned cash. The children have to get used to different levels of comfort, activities/allowances are reduced, and a sense of betrayal by both parents is fostered. The family unit will never be the same. As time moves forward, relationships are not as intense as they were for the non-custodial parent and their children. The parent and the child get…

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    said he or she had been falsely accused of domestic violence, child abuse, or sexual assault.” (Survey 4) This meant that about 17% of people surveyed said that they knew a person falsely accused of abuse or sexual assault. In addition to this the same survey found that almost 70% of the false accusers were females.(Survey 7) This means that almost 70% of the victims of false accusations were male, whether that be; domestic violence, child abuse, or sexual assault. Nobody should fall victim of…

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    they thought their parents were happy together. Most of this occurs when they are about to leave home and attend college. It has also been seen that when a parent begins to start a new relationship with an individual it tends to get difficult for the child to understand it. Some adult children may try to isolate themselves from an individual parent due to externalizing the issue (Sumner 2013). Most adult children who had an experience with divorce will express a distance from the individual…

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    of Belinda the husband took the children. Years after searching for the adolescents she found them in Reno, Nevada and had a court order that gave her full custody of the kids. After arriving though she realized that they were in better hands with the father. Following that was a series of marriages that all were to try and gain back custody of the kids again. With every attempt of trying to get them back having failed she blamed herself and thus why she had begun to have nervous…

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