Child Custody & Support

When children are faced with distance from one of their parents due to various circumstances, such as military service, divorce, relocation or travel, it can be emotionally challenging for them. However, there are strategies parents and caregivers can employ to help...

Child support helps you to meet the needs of your kids after a divorce. After the court orders you to pay child support, the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) will provide you with services to make payments without difficulties and on time. Thus, the...

One of the most challenging adjustments of the transition to shared custody involves giving up access to children at certain times. Especially when parents have differing standards for their children, the one with higher expectations or stricter rules will likely...

When a couple that shares a child decides to divorce, one of the most important decisions they need to make involves how and where the child will live going forward. Subject to the circumstances that led to the divorce, one parent may receive the child’s primary...

Parenting involves constantly considering your children's needs before anything else and keeping a long-term perspective in all matters. Your children may not recognize the long-term benefits of certain decisions, like enforcing certain grade expectations or limiting...

Arkansas family law has evolved considerably over the years. If called on to determine custody in a divorce, judges were expected to follow the “Tender Years” doctrine. It assumed it was best for children’s primary caregiver to be their mother while they were young....

In most Arkansas divorce cases, the most emotional and difficult decisions couples have to make are those that concern their children. After sharing a home with your kids, it may not be easy to make a decision that changes how often you see them. Making child custody...

If your addiction to alcohol and/or drugs was one of the chief reasons for divorce, you’re certainly not alone. Maybe your divorce was the catalyst for going into recovery. Likely, you were granted very limited custody rights over your child. You may have been given...

You and your spouse have divorced and it’s now time to start the next chapter of your life. The court has signed off on a child custody agreement, which you have been sticking to.  Unfortunately, you’ve found it tough financially after the divorce and you’ve fallen...

Parents who make the decision to divorce have to ensure that they’re doing what’s best for their children. This is sometimes difficult because they must put aside their own emotions to do what the kids need. There are some specific mistakes that parents can make as...