Joint custody

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…

Ohana Means Family. Family Means Nobody Gets Left Behind or Forgotten. My dad was a cop and my mom was a bartender who smoked pot. I use that line when asked about my parents. It’s also a good summation for my upbringing. “What were the best and worst parts of your day?” My mom asked my three sisters and me at dinner. “Being here with my family,” we joked. It wasn’t an acceptable answer for either part of the question, but past age five, I couldn’t even answer with that sarcastic response,…

Introduction By definition, an individual is recognized legally as having parental responsibility and control over a child’s life. They also have custody over the child. A legal parent is tasked with the responsibility of making decisions affecting the child on physical care, education, and control over their daily activities. A legal parent is required by law to support the child financially. In most states, an individual who isn’t a legal parent has no right to making any legal…

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…

licensed to practice in the state and court in which you are filing. 3. Laws change. Think about how many times the speed limits have changed. Divorce laws change even more frequently. For example, starting this year (2016) in Illinois, child custody is no longer going to be part of a divorce. Under the new law, parents will have to come up with a shared parenting plan and must work through the medical, religious, educational, and other details of raising their children. Even more incredible,…

Children of divorced parents face a plethora of dilemmas, and they vary from financial security to behavior concerns. Other obstacles these children might face are instability in their mental health and a loss of control of emotions. The impact of divorce on children is never straightforward. Some children have a greater chance to develop disorders, such as anxiety, while others don’t. It all depends on how the child is treated and comfort due to the traumatic change in their life.…

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…

Parental alienation syndrome, at first the term was foreign to me, until after reading the definition I then noticed that not only did I understand its definition, but I could also relate it to my own personal life which was my reason for choosing this topic for my paper. Throughout my paper I will critique the credibility of the magazine article “Teaching Kids to Hate” published by Jose Fernandez of the American Bar Association in June 1988, by comparing it to the following educational…

For my mentorship paper I chose to speak with an attorney named Margaret G. Zickuhr. Mrs. Zickuhr is a Marquette Graduate and who practices primarily family law out of her firm named Houseman and Feind LLP where she is a partner. I chose to speak with Mrs. Zickuhr for several reasons. Firstly, because of my interest in ADR practices specifically mediation and negotiation, I have begun to look into possibly going into family law. Secondly, being that we are licensed upon graduation in the state…

1) What is a Restraining Order? A Restraining Order is a court ordered mandate protecting you from the individual that has abused or harassed you. A restraining order can be very beneficial if it is followed properly by the petitioner because ultimately it depends on you if you want full protection. The party served with this order must comply, and if there is sufficient evidence to prove the party is not complying they have committed a breach and can face criminal or civil penalties.…