If you're a parent getting divorce, it is difficult to concentrate on what's best for your children as you go through rollercoater emotions, and deal with frustration.
The bottom line is that children need help in coping with a divorce as much as (or more than) you do. Children don't have the skills to cope with their fear of the unknown, and cannot just walk away from a bad situation--they depend on you.
Mediation provides a great opportunity to settle your divorce differences as quickly as possible with a minimum of fallout for the children. But until you get to mediation or through a trial, things can get pretty difficult for you and your children.
I recently shared these resources with my newsletter subscribers to help them and their children while in the middle of a divorce--or even after the divorce:
Ten Tips For Divorcing Parents, courtesy of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
5 Simple Steps: Kids need help when parents divorce, from the Rochester, MN, Post-Bullentin.
This is information that than can help you help your children during the divorce or afterwards, and even help you focus on finding solutions to the divorce issues.
Share this list with your soon-to-be Ex-spouse, you'll both be glad and your children will love you the more for it.
Post your comments on the above resources, or suggest others you've found helpful.
Vivian
www.fldivorcemediation.com
www.viviancrodriguez.com
Showing posts with label florida child custody. Show all posts
Showing posts with label florida child custody. Show all posts
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
Changes to Florida's Custody Statute in 2008
As a family mediator, I am excited by the recent changes to Florida's "custody statute."
The Florida Legislature amended Section 61.13, which was formerly titled "Custody and Support of Children." In doing so, it did away with the word "custody" and the terms "primary residential parent" and "noncustodial parent."
I am hopeful that since parents now don't have to fight about those dreaded labels, it just might be easier to come up with a "time sharing plan."
You can see the changes at http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2008-061.pdf. It takes effect on Oct 1, 2008.
What do you think? Are these changes a good thing? Or will people "fight" anyway?
Post your comments and questions here.
Vivian
fldivorcemediation.com
The Florida Legislature amended Section 61.13, which was formerly titled "Custody and Support of Children." In doing so, it did away with the word "custody" and the terms "primary residential parent" and "noncustodial parent."
I am hopeful that since parents now don't have to fight about those dreaded labels, it just might be easier to come up with a "time sharing plan."
You can see the changes at http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2008-061.pdf. It takes effect on Oct 1, 2008.
What do you think? Are these changes a good thing? Or will people "fight" anyway?
Post your comments and questions here.
Vivian
fldivorcemediation.com
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