Technology that Really Helps with Co-parenting

Our Family Wizard Technology that Really Helps with Co-parenting Many couples today are deciding on a co-parenting agreement, where each parent maintains shared responsibility for the child’s upbringing. Co-parenting enables parents to have somewhat equal influence in the child’s life. A co-parenting arrangement can be challenging, however, especially when parents live busy time-pressured lives, or […]

Who gets the Embryo?

Who gets the Embryo? Update: This post was written in May 2017. In August 2018 we added an updated opinion and new blog post More and more couples turn to IVF as a form of assisted reproduction. As a result, an area of litigation involving who gets the embryos is growing. Excess embryos are created […]

Do Grand Parents have a right to Visitation?

Do Grandparents Have A Right to Visitation? Frequently, a dispute may arise between a child’s parents and grandparents, to the point where a parent may block the grandparent from seeing the child. What does the law say about this issue? In California, courts have the ability to order visitation for a nonparent, such as a […]

Move Aways: What factors will the court look at?

Move-Aways: What factors will the court look at? Move-aways, also called relocation cases, occur when one parent wants to relocate to another location with the children of a marriage or prior relationship. In the Bay Area, a relocation can be a short distance; Marin County to Contra Costa County would be considered a move-away. Courts […]

How to Set Up a Parenting Time-Share Plan

What is an Effective Parenting Time-Share Plan? The schedule that determines when the child or children of a divorced or separated couple will be with each parent is called the parenting time-share plan. Figuring out the time-share schedule is a crucial part of the child custody process. It is important that each parent be able […]