Healthy and strong relationships are important to maintain. For children especially, a stable connection with their parent or guardian is paramount to their growth. During a divorce, children become vulnerable to the conflicts around them. Their well-being is...
Child Custody & Visitation
What constitutes the best interests of the child?
Divorce proceedings can be long and complex due to the procedures followed for divvying up assets accumulated during a marriage; however, the process can double or triple in complexity when children are involved. When issues of custody (now referred to as timesharing)...
“The Things They Carried”: Lessening the impact of PTSD on children
Although our country's military commitments to the Middle East have wound down, the impact of these war-time engagements continues to reverberate in households across Central Florida. While a deployment in Iraq or Afghanistan may be over, the memories of events on the...
Understanding paternity and the father’s rights
When a father is working toward establishing custody of his child, the most useful tool he can utilize is a paternity test.But what is it and what benefits will establishing paternity provide? A paternity test is basically a DNA test that proves the identity of the...