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Tips You’ll Need to Prepare for Child Custody Mediation

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Are you about to go into a child custody mediation meeting to discuss your child’s future? If you’re worried about how the meeting might go, here are a few ways you can prepare beforehand. Do You Have Your Basics Covered?: These include your work schedules, your kid’s school schedule and planned trips, holidays, and special […]

3 Legal Issues that May Arise from Parental Relocation

Could you need a prenuptial agreement?

Parental relocation happens when a parent moves away following a divorce. A parent may move away for many reasons, including a new job or family commitment. This common issue can further complicate the divorce process or make it necessary to revisit certain agreements such as child custody, child support or spousal support. Child Custody A […]

Five Ways Social Media Could Affect Your Child Custody Case

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We have written prior blogs on how social media could affect your criminal or divorce case. However, more can be said about how an errant social media post could affect certain aspects of your divorce. You could hurt the outcome of child custody proceedings if you are not careful. Common social media mistakes that may […]

Decisions on Brad and Angelina’s children referred to therapist

Therapist Ian Russ is now one of the people who can make custodial arrangements for the children of 52-year-old actor and producer Brad Pitt and 41-year-old actress, film maker, and humanitarian Angelina Jolie. Jolie formerly requested full custody of her children, 15-year-old Maddox, 12-year-old Pax, 11-year-old Zahara, 10-year-old Shiloh, and eight-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox. At present, […]

FBI will not press charges against Brad Pitt regarding child abuse allegations

Actor and producer Brad Pitt has been given a break. A report made by entertainment news network TMZ revealed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation indicated there is no further reason to probe his alleged confrontation with 15-year-old son Maddox. The alleged incident occurred during a trip back to the United States from France on a private plane […]

Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie divorce all about child custody

Actor and producer Brad Pitt, 52, and actress, producer, and humanitarian Angelina Jolie, 41, still haven’t come to the point where they can finalize their divorce. However, Pitt’s first filing on Friday, November 4 tells us what their divorce is really about: custody of their six children, namely 15-year-old Maddox, 12-year-old Pax, 11-year-old Zahara, 10-year-old Shiloh, […]

Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa Finalize Divorce

Rapper Wiz Khalifa and former exotic dancer Amber Rose finalized their divorce earlier this month. The couple was married for 14 months and has a three-year-old child, Sebastian. The divorce was intense, and in the early stages of the custody battle over Sebastian both parents claimed that the other was unfit for care. The custody […]

Florida Rep. Alan Grayson working to gain full custody of children

Florida representative Alan Mark Grayson recently asked a Florida divorce court to grant him custody of his four children due to the mother’s allegedly questionable behavior, the San Jose Mercury News reported on June 2. Grayson said Lolita’s mental state and temperament in recent days had been “bizarre, aggressive, and inappropriate.” In court papers filed during the […]

Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony wrap up divorce proceedings

Forty-four-year-old Hollywood actress, dancer, and singer Jennifer Lopez and 43-year-old record producer and singer-songwriter Marc Anthony, have finalized their divorce after three years of separation, San Jose Mercury News reported on June 18. The ex-couple’s divorce was made official by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge John Sandoz, although they announced the end of their relationship in July 2011. Sandoz […]

Policeman who allegedly assaulted wife files for divorce

San Diego, California police officer Gilbert Anthony Lorenzo, taken into custody twice before on domestic violence charges, filed for divorce from his wife of four years and the woman he was accused of assaulting, CBS 8 reported on May 7. His last arrest happened on May 5. According to Lorenzo, he wanted to protect his two young daughters […]