Divorce & Child Custody Articles

Has your judge ever told you that the constitution doesn’t apply in your custody battle because it is a dispute between two people? I have argued with attorneys on public stages who have tried to push this garbage on me. It is garbage. You know it is garbage and this post will prove it for… Continue reading Has Your Judge or Attorney Ever Told You that the Constitution does NOT apply to Your Child Custody Battle?

How many of your legislators incorrectly believe that equal parenting or close to it is awarded in divorce most of the time? This most recent article got me thinking.* Is partisanship driving the decision that your legislator is making regarding equal parenting? If they believe that equal parenting is already available they might not be… Continue reading Is Partisanship Causing Your Legislator to Deny Equal Parenting?

You don't have to get along, agree, or co-parent. The First Amendment protects you from these judicial excesses. Use your rights to fight back.

FIGHTING CHILD SUPPORT IN FLORIDA: In the state of Florida, the child support statutes do have a provision that allows you to calculate the expense that you incur in losing time with your child if you prove that the other parent interfered.

Should you ask the court for a psych eval on the other parent? The idea that if you prove the other parent has a mental illness or is a narcissist will solve all of your custody problems is a very common one that we address regularly with attorneys, parents, divorce coaches, advocates, and other professionals.… Continue reading Should I Ask for a Psych Eval?

A fully disabled veteran, Joshua Jones, ordered to serve indefinite jail time for inability to pay a $782.00 child support order by Child Support Magistrate Josephine Clark. Thanks for Your Service, Josh from Anderson county, Tennessee!

Family court judges do not care what the law says and will do whatever they want because they have legislated themselves near total immunity.

Monica Szymonik's new book Broken System, Broken Heart: The Soup to Nuts Guide to Protecting Your Health in the Aftermath of a Custody Battle transforms parents broken by the family courts into healthy, productive, functioning individuals. This book truly moved me, not just because of the depth of Monica's story, but how she related so… Continue reading Broken System Broken Heart Book Transforms Broken Parents into Healthy, Productive, Functioning Individuals

The purpose of a Declaratory Judgment is to protect you, your child, your relationship with your child, your property, and your money from your ex and the state:

In this series D Smlls McCracken Tells Her Story About the Court Using Parental Alienation to Erase Her from Her Child's Life.

Did you know that when you go through DIVORCE that you are going to be required to pay for far more than just your attorney if there is a custody battle? There are hidden expenses in the family courts and we thought you ought to know about them. You could be ORDERED TO PAY for the following… Continue reading What is My Case Worth? 25 Hidden Costs of Divorce You Might Not Be Told About

Hilary Duff Agrees with Equal Parenting!

We have a response from the federal court on the declaratory judgment filed in the Eastern District of Texas. We a responding to it. The magistrate judge Christine Nowak has ruled DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. We have 14 days to respond and we are. We are reviewing her reasons for dismissing this case and will respond.… Continue reading Federal Court rules on the Palmer’s case regarding Unconstitutional Texas Family Code…

Your rights are precious and powerful. So is the abuse of power that you will face. And this abuse of power is swift and severe. If you are one of the many parents quickly discovering the power of your rights and have found the motions on our motions page. You will want to know how… Continue reading If Your Case is in Front of An Associate Judge, You Need to Know…

We have recently been the victims of a libelous post by someone who is seeking to get people to join a class action suit by “guaranteeing” that they will win in court. We will not name that person here as we do not want to unintentionally steer desperate parents into something we believe to less… Continue reading Libelous Post

The department of justice agrees that parents and children are not being served justice in the family courts, that parents should not be put into debtor's prisons, that unlawful and harmful practices were taking place, and that their constitutional rights are being violated. They suggested that family law reform take place. While this letter provides… Continue reading U. S. Attorney General Agrees that Parents Are Not Being Treated Right in Family Courts

Class action lawsuits require you to be dependent on attorneys to argue them? We did not choose this route. Why would we? Why would we trust that there would be any attorneys who know how to argue your rights when they have proven not to know how to do this already? Most attorneys don’t even… Continue reading Why Didn’t We Do a Class Action Lawsuit?

What happens now after the father's day rallies? The very system that father's gathered on Friday to protest how they and their children are being treated by the family courts, may face being punished by those same family courts for speaking out about them. The question that many of the fathers face now is "Will… Continue reading After the Father's Day Rallies…Will There Be a Price to Pay?

So while relieved, that the service process is done, we are greatly disappointed with the games that all of the defendants have played already. And hopefully they don't try to call this the legal process and claim that it is from lack of legal training. Something as important as our children and our right to protect… Continue reading Update on Declaratory Judgment — Proof of Service and What Happens Next

The status of the declaratory judgment is as follows: We have an attorney reviewing the pleadings and complaint this week, the first week of September 2015.

Same-Sex Marriage arguments seem to have sparked one man's inability to restrain himself from shouting his hatred to the 9 justices who had just finished...

Call Rep. Debbie Riddle's office at 512-463-0572 Call Rep. Toni Rose's office at 512-463-0664 Call Rep. Scott Sanford's office at 512-463-0356 Tell her/him to please pass along your wishes to the representative that you would like them to pass the bill through committee to the house floor right away

Kern County Court video suggestions about building a "good" parenting plan. Mediator authorized to take secret testimony from your child, to recommend that a child attorney be appointed or that a child custody investigation be done.

TOOL OF THE DAY: Divorce is not a trigger for best interest… CATEGORY: Family Law What is the most difficult thing you have had to deal with in the family court process? During our webinar today “What Can I Do When My Child is Being Used Against Me” we had another special guest today, another… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Divorce is Not a Trigger for Best Interest…

TOOL OF THE DAY: Frequency vs. Duration of Parent-Child Contact CATEGORY: Family Law Many statutes say that the goal is to protect the relationship between the parent and the child in divorce. I know that’s the public policy here in Texas. In fact the statute reads: “The public policy of this state is to: (1) assure… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Frequency vs. Duration of Parent-Child Contact

TOOL OF THE DAY: Plenary Power CATEGORY: Family Law Definition What does it mean when the judge has plenary power? They have absolute and total power to change their orders. When you have an unsigned order their plenary power continues. A judges plenary power ends 30 days after the signing of an order. There are… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Plenary Power

TOOL OF THE DAY: Rights in Conflict CATEGORY: Family Law What are two of the main excuses that the courts, the legislators, the judges, and everyone else says to parents who are fighting over custody? The court has to decide between the two of you because your rights are in conflict. And the court gets… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: How do You Protect Rights in Conflict with the Other Parent?

TOOL OF THE DAY: Mediated Settlement Agreements – MSA – Best Interest is not intended to be Used to Protect Children CATEGORY: Family Law Caselaw – Statutory This post is about a ruling that the Texas Supreme Court made on a MSA not being approved by the trial court. However, there is some very good… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Texas Supreme Court rules "Best Interest of the Child" is not used to Protect Children…

TOOL OF THE DAY: Awareness CATEGORY: Family Law Tools The top 3 stressful things in life are “Death, Divorce, and Moving” says Amber Rodgers of D.I.V.A.S. in Texas. Many times people going through divorce are also having to move. Getting divorced can get really lonely too. Most people are not aware that when they go… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Where Can I Talk About What is Happening to Me?

TOOL OF THE DAY: 14th Amendment cannot be abridged by legislators

TOOL OF THE DAY: Parental Authority CATEGORY: Family Law “Reduced father involvement after divorce has been linked to more conduct problems, particularly for boys, but when both mothers and fathers are actively involved and provide authoritative parenting, including monitoring of behaviors, adolescent boys had no more delinquent behaviors than those in married families (Hetherington, 1999;… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Removing authority of parents leads to more behavior problems in children study reveals

If this is a term you hear often in your jurisdiction, you should be clear on its meaning and its use.

TOOL OF THE DAY: Wanting to Please and Sabotage CATEGORY: Family Law What's the first thing you are told when you are going through divorce? Listen to your attorney and do exactly as they say. Let's review where attorneys are starting from. 1. Ask your attorney if they believe that the judge decides the best… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: How Parents Sabotage Themselves…