Having a Joint Residential Schedule, or joint custody, is when the court awards both parents parental rights and responsibilities. They may not live together, but both participate and share duties in the child’s life in a substantial way.

In divorce and custody suits, a guardian ad litem may come in to look after the best interest of any children involved. Here’s what you need to be aware of.

Divorce throws a child’s world into upheaval, but what about cases of split custody? Will the court really separate siblings?

In child custody cases, the right of first refusal is a provision in a parenting plan that affects the time noncustodial parents spend with their children. It allows a parent to capitalize on opportunities to look after their kids.

Sports are important to a lot of kids, but can your ex step in and stop your child from playing sports or participating in other activities?

What does a parenting plan include? After a divorce, this document lays out all of the custody, residential time, and visitation regarding your children.

Your ex planning to take the kids out of the country can be a scary proposition. Knowing your rights and legal options will help put your mind at ease.

Child custody hearings are hugely important, but what should you expect? What questions will you be asked? How do you need to prepare?

If you have kids, custody exchanges after divorce are going to be a fact of life. They’re not always easy, but here are some ways to keep things civil.

Many states have provisions to secure visitation rights for grandparents, Washington, however, does not.

My ex-wife wants to move to another state for work, but I don’t want them to. How can I stop this?

You may never want to see your ex again after the divorce, but when there are kids, co-parenting is a way of life. Here’s how to survive.

Criminal charges often have a major impact on custody cases. The legal mire of new Seattle Seahawk Quinton Dunbar may show us how.