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Managing Your Child’s Identity Documents

BJ Mann

Do You Know Where Your Child’s IDs Are? Managing the safety of your child includes obtaining and protecting the official documents that govern their life. Organizing those across two households requires time and planning so that both parents have access to them as needed. To manage your child’s identity, include language in your divorce terms […]

Organizing Child Support in Divorce-Part 1

BJ Mann

Determining child support in a divorce is a complex issue

UPDATED July 2022 (see below) One of the scariest parts of ending a marriage is the worry about financial security. Each person wants to create a comfortable home for themselves and their children. When couples discuss how they are going to share money between them, there are generally two concepts: child support and spousal maintenance […]

Pet Custody in Divorce

BJ Mann

UPDATE: Who gets custody of the family pet in a divorce? For a long time, the law was not current with how people feel about their pets today. Most pet owners consider their dogs and cats to be family, while the law considered them to be property, like cars, furniture, and other belongings. Whether married, […]

Establishing Child Custody That Works

BJ Mann

A good child custody agreement helps children adjust and be happy like this little girl.

Few issues in divorce are more packed with emotion than the question of child custody. Where a child will live and how their parents will handle matters concerning their welfare are critical decisions. One of the most useful tasks of mediation is finalizing custody decisions. Parents are able to express their worries and concerns without […]

UPDATE: Health Insurance Options with Divorce

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UPDATE May 2021. One of the biggest divorce issues is determining the health insurance options that are available for the family during the separation and after the divorce. The Affordable Care Act (also referred to as “ObamaCare”) was passed in 2008, making health insurance accessible to everyone. Before that law, health insurance was largely only […]

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