Q&A

What effects can divorce have on a child?

What effects can divorce have on a child?

Divorce frequently contributes to depression, anxiety or substance abuse in one or both parents and may bring about difficulties in balancing work and child rearing. These problems can impair a parent’s ability to offer children stability and love when they are most in need.

How do you prove malicious mother syndrome?

A parent acts intentionally towards another parent in malicious parent syndrome which can be defined by employing four main criteria:The parent will alienate the child from the other parent, leaving the other parent to resort to court intervention.The parent will deny visitation and communication with the other parent.

Can a father stop the mother from moving?

Stopping a custodial parent from moving away with your child usually requires invoking the court with appropriate jurisdiction over your case. You will likely need to file a motion arguing that the move constitutes a material change of circumstances and/or that the move away is not in the child’s best interests.

How far away can a parent move with a child?

There is no set geographical distance dictating exactly how far away you can move with your child, but but if that distance is deemed to significantly affect the other parent’s ability to have a meaningful relationship with the child, then the court will need to establish if the move is in the child’s best interests.

Can you stop your ex from moving with your child?

One parent does have the right to try and stop the other from moving and may seek a court order from the court to prevent it from happening. Such an order would prevent the child from being moved until the court has considered the case.

Can my ex partner stop me from moving?

Would a Court stop you and what exactly are your rights? The short and simple answer is your Ex-Partner cannot stop you moving away. The Courts recognise and will often sympathise with the Parent that will now have to live away from their child but will also realise that this is a practicality.

Can a dad kidnap their child?

Parental abduction is a term which refers to when one parent takes, detains, or conceals a child from the other parent. Parental abduction may happen in circumstances where the parents have separated. It is not uncommon for other family members to assist the abducting parent in removing or concealing the child.

Do fathers win custody battles?

For a father, custody can be difficult to win, even though the courts do not discriminate against dads. Whether you are a father going for full custody or joint custody, you should be prepared for a difficult child custody battle, especially if the child’s other parent is also filing for custody.

Can my ex wife change my child’s school without my permission?

If either parent attempts to enrol the child in a school without the written consent of the other parent, then they would be in breach of the Orders. However, if you and your ex cannot agree on the choice of school, then you should seek assistance from a mediator or solicitor to resolve the dispute.

How far apart can parents live and still have 50/50 custody?

Rule of thumb is parents need to live within 20 miles of each other. Generally in cases involving parents that live more than 20 miles apart there’s usually a primary physical custodial parent because more than 20 miles just becomes too difficult to have the children going between two homes 50 percent of the time.

Can my ex stop me from picking my child up from school?

They can not legally stop him collecting them if he has PR rights as they can not make a judgement over the situation. The only thing you can do is go through mediation and set up a Contact Order that suits you both. Children need both parents in their lives.