Category: Parenting Time / Visitation
Parenting Class Update For Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington County, Oregon
Updated Parenting Class Requirements for Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington County, Oregon
Parenting time: Is sharing the “nest” the best?
Divorce can prompt parents to consider a variety of options when it comes to caring for their children. As divorce attorneys, we regularly see parents weigh the pros and cons of different parenting time arrangements…
Custody Evaluations In Divorce and Parenting Time Cases – An Overview
Many times, parents come to our office with custody and parenting time arrangements already resolved. Other times, parenting time issues can be resolved by the parties in county mediation. So what do you do if…
Facebook Phenomenon: Phony Facebook Dads.
Are the assumptions you make from Facebook about someone’s parenting accurate? Many times no, says an article published on Macleans.ca captioned “Ex-Wife’s rail about phony Facebook dads.” The article is an interesting read on how…
Having An Attorney Appointed For Your Child During Divorce
As Portland Oregon divorce and family law lawyers, we get a lot of questions from clients about what voice children have in deciding where they live or a schedule. We previously blogged about a common myth…
New Case Law – Third Party Visitation
Oregon Court of Appeals in Digby and Meshishnek held that the trial court erred in awarding visitation on the basis of an ongoing personal relationship. The statutes defining “child-parent” relationship and “ongoing personal relationship” have separate requirements that must be shown by different burdens of proof, thus, an ongoing personal relationship is not “lesser included” within an allegation of a child-parent relationship.
Guidelines For Parents After Divorce
How you act after divorce has a significant influence on the emotional adjustment of your children. After 16 years of helping Oregon parents during and after divorce, I have seen divorced parents behave in ways…
Oregon’s Parenting Policy
When consulting with Oregon parents about parenting time and parenting plans, I get lots of questions about what kind of parenting time a judge might order. There is a lot of misinformation about what Judges…
Can a parent “take the child and run?”
If a custody matter has not yet been filed, then under Oregon law, the parent with whom the child was living at the time paternity of the child was determined is determined to have legal…
Top 10 Ways To Get Along And Avoid An Enforcement Action
As a Portland, Oregon based family law firm we field a lot of questions about problems with parenting plans. We hear questions about parents not returning the children on time, about sharing transportation after a parent moves a short distance, and about…