The OurFamilyWizard Blog
Welcome to the OurFamilyWizard blog. This blog was setup as a forum for the exchange of ideas to help families and the professionals who serve them. Articles within are relevant to Attorneys, Mediators, Judges, Magistrates, Referees, GAL’s, Visitation Expeditors, Parenting Consultants and Parents. Our goal is to create a place where anyone involved in family law can share ideas that could reduce conflict, improve communication, protect children and help move families forward
- March 9, 2010
- Unmarried Parents and Child Custody Issues
Most child custody and visitation issues are the result of a divorce, however there are more and more unwed parents who dealing with similar issues. In the case of the unmarried parent, the rules can be very different from state to state. In addition, issues can be compounded by the role of grandparents who seek to be awarded custody or at least visitation with the child.
- March 8, 2010
- 5 Financial Traps to Avoid
- By Iva.net
When you are trying to regain financial health as a single parent, there are some traps that could easily sabotage your efforts. Here are five traps to avoid if you want to maintain a healthy financial status:
- March 4, 2010
- 10 Debt Management Strategies
- By iva.net
Managing debt can either involve dealing with debt that has already accrued or avoiding it in the first place. These 10 debt management strategies give you the tools you need for sound financial management, no matter what your current situation might be.
- March 3, 2010
- Life, Disability and Long-Term Care Insurance
- By William Juch IV, CDFA
The top ten life, disability and long-term care insurance features and strategies during divorce that your attorney or financial advisor may not tell you about.
- March 1, 2010
- Tough Economy brings more Pro Se litigants.
The family courts continue to see a large increase in the number of litigants who appear before them "Pro Se" or without legal representation. There are no national numbers tracking this phenomena, but many independent workgroups and investigations have yielded some startling numbers. The numbers sighted below are a few years years old and do not take into account the effect of the decent downturn in the economy. We have heard from some of the professionals that we work with, that the tough economy has only made this problem worse.
- February 25, 2010
- Parenting Plans
- By Brook Olsen, HHP, SEP
Your parenting plan is the piece of the puzzle that is going to inoculate you from most of the causes of the conflict. Your parenting plan must include specifics of the day of the week and the time of the day for the pick up and drop off. Be specific - not after school. If kids are not always in school, we need a time. Sometimes, that actually means when it’s summertime or vacation time. It needs to be absolutely specified so when the police show up, you can say, “Here it is.”...
