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Visitation can be essential to maintaining relationships between parents and their children during life after divorce. An appropriate arrangement can also benefit the child, helping them feel reassured and allowing them to flourish. However, some parents might be...
Decisions regarding child custody often become the most emotionally challenging part of the divorce process. The preferred custody arrangement in Connecticut and most other states is joint legal custody because it allows both parents to share the decision-making...
From a financial standpoint, being a divorcing homemaker at an old age seems like a recipe for a retirement disaster. You spend all those years getting the job done at home – cleaning, cooking and looking after the kids. So much so that you might not have had time to...
Child custody is one of the primary topics usually discussed during divorce proceedings. It is also a common source of disputes between parents, especially when they have conflicting perspectives on how to raise their children. Fortunately, the law has provisions...
Married couples share their resources, income, property and their lives. They also help support each other. Of course, spouses may take on different roles, with one earning the majority of the money and the other spending more time at home raising the children and...
You and your spouse are on the outs, but you are not sure if you are ready to divorce. Getting divorced is a life-changing decision and while you no longer want to live with your spouse, you are not sure if you are ready to end your marriage yet. A legal separation is...
In Connecticut family law, child support will be a basic consideration. People generally assume this is related to minor children. However, there are situations when a support order can include educational expenses for those who have technically reached adulthood at...
Divorce is difficult for everyone in the family, but a child’s perspective on the event will affect their physical, emotional and psychological well-being long after it is over. These issues often play out in missed developmental stages, lowered academic performance,...
Connecticut parents going through the custody process often want to know exactly how a court is going to determine custody. The reality is that there is no definite answer to this question. Rather, a judge examines several factors, 16 in total, in each child custody...