For several military parents a deployment to serve their country can cost them dearly in a custody battle.  While parts of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act applies to military child custody cases, granting more time for troops to respond and prohibiting judgments against parents while they are deployed, there has  been a movement for [...]

The school year has just started.  Hopefully the decision as to where your children will be spending the school year has been made.  As more and more parents agree to a joint physical custody arrangement, disputes over what school the kids are going to increase.  When one parent has sole physical custody it is usually [...]

When parties reach a negotiation impasse, I often hear one party say “Let’s just go to trial and have the Judge decide that.” Unfortunately the parties don’t often realize just how long they will be waiting.
After a trial the judge has up to 90 days (3 months!) to make the [...]