Jackson County’s Friend of the Court is giving parents who neglect to pay child support the boot. Friend of the Court, which enforces court orders regarding custody, parenting time and child support, will start putting a wheel boot on vehicles …
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The extraordinary fight over "parental alienation syndrome" and what it means for divorce cases. The competition to get your favorite disease recognized in the bible of mental health, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, can be as fierce …
Being a divorced parent means being a single parent. One of the most fundamental reasons for the breakdown of a marriage is loss of empathy for a spouse. It can therefore come as quite a shock to newly single dads …
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Divorce is expensive, both emotionally and financially. Protecting your financial health during a divorce is crucial. If you and your spouse are headed toward a split, be sure to learn about the laws that govern divorce proceedings and the impact …
Divorce can impact a parent-child relationship in profound ways, especially for the non-custodial parent. Author and therapist Sam J. Buser has written a book specifically answering questions from divorced fathers.This commonly asked question is excerpted from "The Guys-Only Guide to …
Divorced dads: What to do when your child doesn't want to see you Read more »
We have role models for everything. Not that Oscar-winning "Braveheart" director and "Lethal Weapon" actor Mel Gibson counts these days, but before 2009 he had a 28-year-marriage that produced seven children and some respectability. Then he turned his life around. …
Baby boomer breakups and the search for a perfect union Read more »
Divorce carries with it a stigma, a harrowing possibility that life will never be as good as it was. Especially for the fathers, because so often the children are court bound to spend the majority of their time in the …
The decision to divorce wasn't an easy one, but unless there's abuse or some other horrific situation it really shouldn't be, especially if you have kids. Still, once you've exhausted all other options to salvage a marriage, once you know …
Mother's Day -- A special day set aside to celebrate our mothers and grandmothers. On the surface this seems easy enough -- buy a card, some flowers and perhaps prepare dinner. It is also a fun day for the younger …
Mother's Day: A fine balance for Stepmoms and Biological Moms Read more »
Research published last month in Child Trends reported that happy marriages generally result in happy children. I was asked by a reader if children with any type of physical, emotional or developmental problems cause unhappy marriages. Research has focused on …