Child custody

he is prohibited from seeing her and the children. Michelle and her three child have been receiving regular public assistance to include housing vouchers, food stamps, and she is also utilizing the TANF program to enable her in providing for the children without the assistance of ex-husband James. Michelle is a high school graduate but has never worked. With aid from the

Kramer vs. Kramer is a 1970s movie that depicts a couple’s divorce and child custody battle. Ted Kramer is an advertising executive workaholic, who in the beginning of the movie was given the opportunity to work on an important account. As Ted arrives home to tell his wife, Joanna, the news she blurts out that she’s leaving him. Ted and Joanna have a 6-year-old son named, Billy. Ted asks Joanna if she was taking Billy with her, and Joanna responded that she needed to “find herself” and “she’s

fathom a father being able to satisfy the needs of his children. Single fathers are not given sole custody without a fight. A much harder one than what a Mother would have to endure. Normally, custody is given to the mother. Lately, however, fathers are starting to care more about their childrens best interests, and are begining to fight against the sterotypes society has dealt them. Being the child of a single father, I have heard the stories. For 17 years I have heard the stories. But could

Parent to Child Relationship Analyzed by Child Support and Disconnection I am writing about the topic of how child support can affect the relationship a parent feels towards their child. In a sense that it can make the parent feel as if the child is an expense. As something they have to constantly keep up with like a phone bill or water bill. I chose this topic because I feel that there is a disconnection between parents that are required to pay child support toward their child. Those parents paying

Which is allowing behavioral effects and the rate of divorces to be kept at a high. With the lowering of children having families also only “42 percent of children aged 14 to 18 live in a “First Marriage” family”. Having such high rates with divorces, child influence is a major factor when separating. Starting from the beginning of the nineteen-sixties is when the evolution of divorces began to rise. More so from the 60s through the 80s the divorce rate began to double. As divorece began to rise it began

not only affects the parents, but it also affects the child/children. The child whom is now part of a divorced family has to face a change in their life. It can undermine their child’s sense of security and stability, because the two people whom the child was the most dependent on are now being split up and are no longer living with one another and thus leading to separation of time spent with the child from each parent, regardless of the custody settlement that is reached. The foundation of the child’s

Co-parenting is important for cognitive adjustment in a child’s development. Co-parenting describes sharing parental responsibility by divorced parents or joint shared custody of a child. The importance of co-parenting involves cooperation, support, and interactions for a successful development. Co-parenting can adjust the child’s development, parent’s cooperation and support are important contributions to a successful co-parenting. According to Feinberg (2010), coparenting consists of four dimensions:

age or maturity) regardless of how equal the living arrangements are (e.g. healthy environment, good schools etc.). In fact it was only relatively recently that Michigan finally changed its laws and assumed a 50/50 split in custody so long as it is in the best interest of the child. The second is that I am active duty military (Army) and feel at times this gave me a distinct disadvantage even though my job is permanently non-deployable, yet I move every few years technically having to ask the court

It’s hard being a single dad in America An Annotated Bibliography Morin, Amanda. "Fathers Raising Daughters: The Unique Challenges of Single Fatherhood." Education.com | An Education & Child Development Site for Parents | Parenting & Educational Resource. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 May 2013. According to the U.S. Census' most recent information, there are approximately 13 million children living in single-parent households. That in itself isn't all that surprising, but here's something that is:

On Friday, April, 4, 2014, I observed the Vanderburgh County Superior Court to observe different family law cases. The cases I heard involved contempt of court for failing to pay child support, failure to appear for a court appointed drug test, birth certificate affidavit, request for contest hearing time, and an issue of paternity case. Magistrate Judge Sheila M. Corcoran was presiding over the family court hearings. When entering the courthouse, I was greeted by security and advised to remove any