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A parenting plan is the overall document that you draft and enter into, or the court orders at the end of a case. Part of a parenting plan is a time sharing schedule, so people think they’re two different things. A timesharing plan is incorporated in a parenting plan. It’s part of it.

Domestic violence can have a huge impact on a divorce case as it starts out or during it because a domestic violence injunction, if issued, can grant one party exclusive use and occupancy of the residency, which means the one party can have to leave the house, create a separate residence. Now we got two

If somebody thinks they’re gonna get divorced, and they are, let’s say the payee, meaning the one that’s gonna get the support they need to understand how their lifestyle’s gonna change, and they gotta start planning ahead. Are they gonna be working? Where do they wanna work? What job are they gonna get? Are they

So they always say, in our world, we see good people at their worst criminal attorney see bad people at their best. That is true. At least I’ll talk to from point of family law. Can’t talk to you from criminal law. I believe my criminal law colleagues when they say that, because I can

People make mistakes during divorce. There’s no such thing as three common, five common, 10 common. People make mistakes. People are human. So when you go through a divorce process, you have to realize you’re gonna do dumb things. But the most important thing is a listen to your attorney because they’ll tell you what

If you are concerned that your spouse is gonna take your child or children to another country where they have residency or they’re citizen of and not come back, the most important thing you need to do is file something in the courthouse in order to get a judge to prevent them from traveling. Because

International child custody issues are different than just dealing in the United States because people that want to go to different countries, people that want to travel, even internationally, there’s always a threat that they don’t come back. You have to deal with different rules, different things. There’s a thing called the Hague convention, and

At Brodie Friedman, we regularly handle divorce cases involving complex financial structures—none more intricate than those that include a family office. These privately held companies are typically designed to manage a family’s investments, wealth planning, and intergenerational assets. While they offer efficiency and control for affluent families, they can pose serious challenges when divorce enters

Kids going through divorce, a lot of people say, well, my kids need therapy. Not necessarily, your kid might be doing great and not affected. Other kids do need therapy because they need somebody, an outlet. But if the parents are on the same page, the outlet you let the kids teachers know, you let

Your one child might be great with it, and not even phase ’em. The other one is devastated by it, just by the breakdown of the family. So you have to understand each child’s needs and relate to that kid, and you also have to actually act like adults, the two parties, to understand that