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Co-Parenting Communication Applications
Co-parenting apps are used by parents but can significantly benefit minor children in several ways. Use of the app can reduce parental conflict, creating a less stressful and more stable environment for the child. By ensuring clear schedules for and communication about pickups, drop-offs, and activities, the apps reduce confusion and last-minute changes that would be unsettling for children. Consistent routines provide a sense of security and predictability for children, which is crucial for their emotional and social development.
Upgrade Your Parenting Plan
Many parents are frustrated by oversight and lack of attention to detail in their child custody orders and parenting plans. We can help you upgrade your orders with comprehensive terminology and provisions to address the needs of your children and improve and enhance expectations between parents
Specialists
Individuals with legal issues can find specialized lawyers by seeking referrals from other attorneys, utilizing the few legitimate online legal directories such as Chambers and Partners or The Best Lawyers America, or searching academy or fellowship directories like the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers or the International Academy of Family Lawyers.
Above-the-Guidelines Child Support for HNW and UHNW Individuals
Child support calculators are designed to work for incomes ranging from upper-middle class to below the federal poverty level. The formulas cease to work when incomes exceed a certain amount per month. When your income exceeds your state’s child support ceiling, the court has discretion to make an “upward deviation” and require additional child support beyond the maximum obligation in the child support calculator.
Executive Compensation and Divorce
C-suite executives often receive a variety of compensation packages beyond traditional salary and bonuses. An expert is often needed to find and value compensation plans in a divorce involving a business executive.
Business Valuation
Business interests and investments are things of value and assets subject to valuation and division in a divorce. Business valuation is a complex process that requires specialized knowledge and skill.
Social Security and Divorce
In a divorce, it's important to consider the availability and nature of Social Security benefits resulting from the marriage.
Dividing Retirement Accounts
A Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) is a legal document that tells a retirement plan administrator how to divide retirement benefits between two people who were married.
Why File First?
The most important reason to file first is that the person who files first almost always gets to speak first in court.
The Unfairness of Emergencies
There are two major reasons that the damage from an unfair one-sided communication can’t be corrected simply by giving the other side a chance to speak and be heard later.
“How Can They Do That?
The most frustrating part of litigation, especially family law, is also the most difficult thing for attorneys to deal with and explain: how one party can behave unfairly and “get away with it,” even temporarily.
Emergency Custody
To request emergency custody of a child, the person seeking the emergency must be able to show that an emergency order is necessary because the child is in harm's way and will likely be irreparably harmed if the emergency is not granted.
Establish Winning Facts
All legal disputes are ultimately about facts. For any fact that is important to a case, there is more value establishing that fact through the opposing party than proving that same exact fact through you, the client.
Understanding Child Custody Experts in High Conflict Cases
In contested, high conflict cases involving children, sometimes professionals are designated to work with the parents and children. Child custody experts may be appointed at the request of a parent, or the judge can appoint one or more experts even if the parents do not request an expert. Child custody professionals are supposed to be neutral, meaning they work for the interests of the children or the court, and not for either parent.
Making Voluntary Disclosures
Evidence for each case should be organized and prepared for disclosure to the other side.
Best Interests
A parent involved in a custody or visitation case should focus on child-centered facts that will help the judge make the right decision. When available, independent, objective evidence, such as photographs, records, grades, and written communication, can bolster a parent’s case for custody.
What You Need to Know About Mediation
Mediation is required in virtually every civil case, including family law disputes.
Oklahoma’s Alimony Laws Encourage Bad Behavior
Alimony is not tax-deductible, and it is not taxable income for the recipient. In Oklahoma, trial courts do not have the discretion to make modification or termination of spousal support alimony effective as of the date that the motion to modify or terminate the alimony was filed.