My wife and I divorced about 5 years ago. We have two kids. Under our final parenting plan, I am the primary residential parent and my wife sees the kids every other weekend, and once a week during the week. I was recently offered a great new job that will really improve our financial situation. The only problem is…
The Split is an on-going series in which Decoupling talks to the people who are perhaps most affected by divorce – the kids. We sat down with adults whose parents divorced when they were kids and talked to them about how their folks’ split affected them. Each article will address one particular aspect of their experiences. In this first article…
My husband and I are divorcing after 18 years of marriage. I stayed at home with our kids for nearly eight years, and even after I went back to work I never made nearly as much as he did. We are dividing our other retirement accounts, but our divorce decree says nothing about social security. Am I entitled to…
This quiz examines some of the considerations that a court addresses when determining whether to make significant changes to a Parenting Plan, such as by ordering that a child move from living primarily with one parent to the other.
In Washington custody cases, the court’s top priority is promoting a child’s “best interests.” Another lesser, but still important…
