Child Custody Modification During a divorce that involves minor children, you and your spouse came to an agreement about child custody (now known as “legal decision-making). This agreement pertained to the making of major life decisions for children about their education, medical needs, religious training and personal care. But later on, there may come a…
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After the divorce papers have been signed, time has passed, arrangements have been made, and the dust has settled, there may come a time when you need a change to some portion of your agreement. If you need to change custody, child support, time-sharing, or any other child-related matters, it must be done with legal…
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Developing a custody arrangement, child support, and a parenting plan during divorce is common and many cases are fairly straightforward. But, if unmarried parents decide to separate and need to establish a parenting agreement, including custody and child support, the process can be a little more complicated. Rather than arguing in court and getting into…
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Regardless of the circumstances, divorce can often feel like a death. While there might be many reasons you are pursuing a divorce, it also represents the end of one chapter of life and the beginning of a new chapter. Grief can easily creep in, even when you least expect it, but there are ways to…
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Having Kids When You Didn’t Put a Ring on It Whether you and your co-parent decided not to marry, or you married and then divorced, you can’t deny the impact your separation will have on your children. Children from single-parent or split households experience vastly different upbringings from children from two-parent households. That doesn’t necessarily…
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How Divorce Mediation Will Benefit Your Children Virtually any divorce can benefit from the use of mediation. The most amicable and most contentious divorces alike can find advantages in mediation because it provides a neutral person to listen to and help find mutually agreeable solutions to any issues. Not only are their emotional advantages to…
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5 Tips for Talking to Your Children About Divorce or Legal Separation Anytime a couple decides to divorce it is difficult but when children are involved it becomes even more complicated and difficult. Whether you are engaging in a contentious or amicable divorce it is important to consider your words carefully when explaining things to…
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Typically there are numerous things that need to be divided as part of the divorce process. However, deciding custody of minor children is arguably the most difficult. Going through a divorce when minor children are involved is not easy, and children are likely to be negatively affected In many cases, it can be better to…
Read MoreAs a divorced parent, you may not be aware that modifying a child support order is possible even if you and your ex-spouse disagree. Mediation helps many couples negotiate a mutually acceptable agreement and avoid expensive litigation fees. A neutral divorce mediator assists parents to compromise and reach agreements on common issues in a courteous…
Read MoreHow to Guide Your Children Through Divorce Divorce is difficult for everyone involved, but it is especially hard for children. They didn’t ask for any of this to happen. They are immature and unable to really process all the adult things involved in the process. That is why it is up to parents to ensure…
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Divorce is hard on everyone, but the littlest people often suffer the most when a separation is handled immaturely or improperly. With divorce becoming commonplace in modern society, much research has been conducted concerning divorce with children. Experts agree that communicating openly, expressing love, and listening to your kids are key to helping your little…
Read MoreMost parents intend to put their children’s interests first and foremost during the divorce process. However, parents may lose sight of this goal as emotions intensify during the divorce, and communication between parents break down. Those coping with divorce experience the same stages of grief as those coping with the death of a loved one….
Read MoreAgreements to child and spousal support are modifiable. Modifiable means that either party can request that the support be increased or decreased if there is a material change in circumstances such as the age of the child/ren, an increase in salary, a job loss, extended illness or disability. If the supported household got a high…
Read MoreMaking a Parenting Plan As mediators, we help work through all of the legal, financial, tax, and parenting aspects of divorce. During mediation, parenting arrangements (including legal decision making, time-sharing arrangements and child support) must be formulated1 for minor children. We also prepare a comprehensive Parenting Plan which includes provisions for child support payments, as…
Read MoreAugust 12, 2013 – Phoenix, Arizona Learn About Phoenix Arizona Child Custody Procedures Video Transcript Oliver Ross, Phoenix Mediator: “Sole custody and joint custody, first of all, have nothing to do with how divorcing parents spend time with their children. It’s been a common misconception that, somehow, sole custody meant that one parent would have…
Read MoreChild Custody and Child Support Mediation by Out-of-Court Solutions Video Transcript Oliver Ross, Mediator at Out-of-Court Solutions: “Hi. I’m Oliver Ross. I’m the founder of Out-of-Court Solutions. And for the past 18 years, I’ve been a full time mediator. Not only more effectively, but also less expensively because child custody, actually, that’s a misnomer now…
Read MoreVideo Transcript Oliver Ross, Out-of-Court Solutions: Hi, I’m Oliver Ross, I’m the founder of Out-of-Court Solutions, and I’ve been mediating in Mesa, Red Mountain and Downtown Mesa, and the surrounding East Valley cities for the last 18 years. My background is in the law business and psychology. I practiced law in California for 19 years…
Read MoreVideo Transcript Oliver Ross, Out-of-Court Solutions: Hi folks, I am Oliver Ross. I am the founder of Out-of-Court Solutions and I’ve been a full-time mediator here in Phoenix for the last 18 years. Before that I practiced law in California for 19 years. I was a trial lawyer and then I went through my own…
Read MoreBy Oliver Ross, JD*, PhD Early on in my career as a mediator it became apparent that grief is endemic to divorce. I realized that sooner or later virtually everyone going through divorce is to a lesser or greater extent bound to experience the stages of grief common to the loss of their marriage: denial,…
Read MoreAs a child and adolescent therapist and a mediator, I have worked with many families of divorce. Though each family’s experience is different, a common thread is that the higher the conflict and acrimony between the parents, the greater that child’s distress and difficulty coping with an already difficult situation. At Out of Court Solutions in…
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