Threatening your relationship with your children is one of the worst things your spouse can do to you during a divorce. Unfortunately, it isn't that uncommon for one spouse to swear that he or she will gain full custody by any means necessary. You may even hear your spouse declare, loudly and to anyone who will listen, that you're "unfit" to be a parent.
How can a court declare someone an unfit parent?
Pay close attention to joint accounts when splitting up
If you and your spouse are at the end of your relationship, one of the first things that you need to attend to is your joint bank account.
Same-sex couples should consider mediation
Same-sex couples continue to feel the long-term effects that are still being caused by a bitter fight over marriage equality throughout the last decade or so.
When can you ask for a change in child support?
Child support is one of those issues that ex-spouses often disagree about from the day it's ordered until the day it's done. If you're unhappy with either the amount of child support you have to pay or the amount that you're receiving, you may consider asking the court for a change. Before you do, however, you should understand just what goes into a successful request for a modification of support.
