If you have some concern about how your children may adjust to their post-divorce living situation, you may want to explore nesting. This relatively new concept keeps the children in the family home while having each co-parent rotate in and out at the beginnings and...
Katy Texas Divorce And Family Law Blog
Should divorced parents live near each other?
As a divorced parent, your children’s emotional well-being likely represents one of your major concerns. As reported by Mydomaine.com, ongoing evidence-based research suggests that if you and your former spouse live within an hour’s drive from each other, this can...
Will parental alienation impact your child’s adulthood?
Parental alienation is a serious issue that affects many divorced families today. One parent attempts to drive a wedge between their child and co-parent. This has devastating consequences for both the co-parent and child. In many ways, it is more detrimental to the...
4 tips for talking to your adult children about your divorce
When you and your children were younger, you probably had some anxiety about having the birds and bees talk with your kids. Now that you are older and have decided to end your marriage, you may feel that same sense of trepidation. After all, your adult children only...
Which factors affect gray divorces?
Being married for decades usually indicates a strong union. However, older married couples are just as susceptible to divorce as younger couples. According to Psychology Today, divorce rates have been on the rise for older couples for some time. And while all...
Do not let screen time affect your co-parenting relationship
In the past few decades, parents have had to walk a fine line between allowing their children to use electronic devices and preventing the potentially serious consequences of too much screen time. Still, if you share custody of your children with a co-parent, the two...
The benefits of establishing paternity
When married couples have children, the state presumes the mothers’ husbands as the fathers of their children. The state makes no such assumption when unwed couples have children. Therefore, fathers must act to ensure and protect their relationships with their kids....
How to prepare your kids for a custody swap
If you share custody of your children with your ex-spouse, you likely must exchange the kids at the beginnings and ends of your scheduled parenting time. To minimize potential conflict, you should put some effort into choosing the right hand-off location and commit to...
Does parents’ divorce damage children?
You are aware that your divorce from your spouse will affect your children, and that the effect is likely to be negative. You may wonder if you will do long-term damage to your children with your divorce, and if so, whether it would be better for your children if you...
How does parental alienation syndrome impact your child?
Divorcing parents in Texas have to deal with a difficult living situation after the fact. It is often hard for one or both parents to adapt to a co-parenting strategy in the aftermath of a divorce. This is particularly true of high-tension divorces. Some parents may...
