When It Comes to Your Child Custody Case in Divorce, You Shouldn’t Always Believe Everything Your Kids Tell You
Kids always want to please both of their parents, and this is never truer when it comes to divorce. Often, when a child is with his mother, he will tell her, “I want to live with you.” Then when he is with his dad, he will say the same thing.
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Who Keeps the Home in Your Divorce?
Whether you or your spouse plans on keeping the home, or should you both agree to sell it, the first step is to settle on an approximate value of the property. Begin with a market analysis and see if you concur on the resultant figure.
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The Most Important Consideration in Your Child Custody Case
The most important consideration in your child custody case in Albuquerque is what your child or children really need, and that comes down to understanding – and being honest about – what each parent can bring to the equation.
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Keeping Your Lawyer on Track in Your Child Custody Case
At the outset of your divorce case, unless you have very unusual circumstances, you should let your Albuquerque lawyer know that going to court will be the last resort in deciding your family’s custody arrangement. (However, if you or the child are being abused, involving the court will almost always be required).
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Divorce Options
If you had to re-create the wheel and set up a system for divorcing parties–dividing up their property and debts, and developing a time-sharing arrangement for their children–would your first thought be to send the parties to a person neither party has ever met and authorize that person to make all of the decisions on how to divide their things and split time with their children?
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Prenuptial Agreement
As a family law practitioner and a self-proclaimed connoisseur of pop culture, I’ve been paying close attention to the all the media coverage surrounding Tricia Walsh-Smith — you know, the spurned wife who has taken her divorce and prenup woes to YouTube.
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Empowering Questions
Experts agree: the emotional and financial upset of a divorce has a long-term effect on your personal well-being, a grief that can feel on par with the death of a loved one. To this I humbly propose a radical question: How can your divorce be the best thing that ever happened to you?
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