If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Share Did you know that children in joint custody arrangements have fewer behavioral and emotional problems? In addition they have high self-esteem and better family and school relationships. Children need both parents in their lives. The following are some helpful [...]
Share Nothing is more heartbreaking than children caught in the middle of a bitter custody dispute. There are two types of custody which are usually awarded: 1) physical custody, where the children primarily reside, and 2) legal custody, which involves major decision making regarding education, health and the general welfare of the children. In most [...]
Share I don’t know how many times I have heard, “I want to see my children more” – during or after divorce proceedings. Some of the most contested issues of a divorce are child custody and visitation. Every parent has the right to visit with his or her children – unless a formal court ruling [...]
Share Arriving at a child custody arrangement that is agreeable to both parents and is acceptable to the court is a great challenge. Child custody is one of the most highly-contested issues in a divorce. Sometimes circumstances drastically change in the years after a divorce. If significant changes in your situation occur, you may need [...]
Share As a grandparent, do I have the right to seek visitation or custody? A family law matter that is increasing in popularity is the concept of a grandparent seeking visitation rights or even custody of grandchildren. Custody is more likely if both parents lose their lives, but grandparental visitation rights may be an issue [...]
Share When a divorce occurs and child custody and visitation are to be determined between the parents we cannot forget the grandparents who also have a right to visitation with their grandchildren, if it can be proven there is a strong bond between the two and if it is in the child best interest to [...]
Share There is no easy way to tell a child that their parents are getting divorced, the impact will be noticeable and overwhelming because their daily routine will change. When you have school aged kids, expect them to want to know how their lives are going to change. They may also be and anxious and [...]
Share Written by a very grateful mother and former client of Mr. Holstrom…. Adoption is such a delicate matter because kids are involved and always affected. Step-parent adoption is at times much easier because some of the procedures are waived, in these cases all that is needed is the consent of the other birth parent [...]
Share In Hollywood this past Saturday a drunken man was arrested telling the police that he was missing and that he’d left his son in the car alone. The police frantically searched and found the car 3 blocks away from the site where this man was arrested. He was taken in and booked, the child [...]
Share The divorce process is confusing and stressful for all families, but particularly so for families with young children. It is often difficult for newly separated parents to determine what kind of long-term parenting arrangement will be best for their children once each parent has established a separate household. In family law cases involving children, [...]
