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Children

CHILD CUSTODY AGREEMENTS AND PARENTING PLANS

Will I still get to spend holidays with my child? Will I see him on his birthday?
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JOINT CUSTODY AGREEMENTS

If you have children and you’re going through a divorce, you will need arrange their care and think about how they are going to spend meaningful time with each of you. These issues are formally referred to as child custody.
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CHILD SUPPORT MEDIATION – KEEPING YOUR CHILDREN CENTRAL

Will I Have to Pay Child Support? How much will I get in Child Support? How is Child Support Calculated?
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CHILDREN IN DIVORCE

Communication
Trauma and Divorce: What Good Parents Need to Know (Part IV)
December 18, 2019 - by Rachel Alexander, Esq.
{6 minutes to read} Why is the topic of trauma important in divorce? Why is it important to parents? People…

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Children
Words that Harm and Words that Heal (Part III)
December 4, 2019 - by Rachel Alexander, Esq.
{3 minutes to read} Even well-meaning caregivers can miss or botch a critical opportunity to prevent trauma. Often this occurs…

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Divorce
Preventing Trauma – A Guide (Part II)
November 18, 2019 - by Rachel Alexander, Esq.
{4 minutes to read} Because trauma is painful, complex and difficult to resolve, what can we do to prevent it?…

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Divorce
What’s the Difference Between Hurt and Trauma? (Part I)
October 31, 2019 - by Rachel Alexander, Esq.
{4 minutes to read} What’s the difference between hurt and trauma and why do divorcing parents need to know? Hurt…

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Communication
Children: Damage by Divorce Is Not Mandated — Part 2
August 7, 2019 - by Rachel Alexander, Esq.
{4 minutes to read} Building on the recent blog series called Three Parenting Mistakes Good Parents Make, this article turns…

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Children
Children: Damage by Divorce is Not Mandated
July 25, 2019 - by Rachel Alexander, Esq.
{3:30 minutes to read} A good divorce from a bad marriage may actually be better for children when the alternative…

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Children
Three Parenting Mistakes Good Parents Make — Mistake #3
June 5, 2019 - by Rachel Alexander, Esq.
The Third Mistake parents make is speaking negatively about one another in front of their child. Let me widen the…

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Children
Three Parenting Mistakes Good Parents Make: Mistake #2
May 15, 2019 - by Rachel Alexander, Esq.
{3 minutes to read} Parents are tasked with becoming artful navigators. They must maintain the role of authority, decision-maker, and caretaker…

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Divorce
Three Parenting Mistakes Good Parents Make — Mistake #1
May 1, 2019 - by Rachel Alexander, Esq.
{5 minutes to read} Both married and divorced parents are capable of good and terrible parenting, and most parenting mistakes…

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Children
Should Squirrels Have the Right of Way?
April 3, 2019 - by Rachel Alexander, Esq.
{6 minutes to read} A friend of mine told me a little story about a woman he knew who had…

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Parenting
Freedom From the Tyranny of Things
February 20, 2019 - by Rachel Alexander, Esq.
{5 minutes to read} The other night, I saw a movie called Minimalism, and as I sorted through the thousands…

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Children
A Triumph for the Best Interests of the Child
February 26, 2018 - by Rachel Alexander, Esq.
The Overruling of Baures by the NJ Appellate Court {7:12 minutes to read} Relocation is among the most difficult family…

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Finance
If I Can Waive Alimony, Why Can’t I Waive Child Support?
February 5, 2018 - by Rachel Alexander, Esq.
{5:45 minutes to read} If I can waive alimony, why can’t I waive child support? Fair question. Here’s why: Alimony…

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Divorce
Anger & Vitriol – and What to Do About Them in Divorce
April 3, 2017 - by Rachel Alexander, Esq.
{6:12 minutes to read) Yes, you’re mad as hell and you’re not gonna take it anymore! That’s what divorce is…

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Children
Sundays, Bloody Sundays
March 1, 2017 - by Rachel Alexander, Esq.
{4:42 minutes to read} Sundays are not known to be the bright spot of the week. Sundays, especially Sunday evenings,…

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Parenting
The Magic of the Winter Picnic
August 10, 2016 - by Rachel Alexander, Esq.
{9:54 minutes to read} Divorce, Money and How to Insulate the Children One winter evening, when I was five,…

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Mediation
Whose Side Are We On? The Same Side!
April 21, 2016 - by Rachel Alexander, Esq.
{3:00 minutes to read} Not long ago, I heard something fairly remarkable in my mediation session. To set the scene…

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Parenting
Parental Alienation—Right Here on Earth
March 22, 2016 - by Rachel Alexander, Esq.
Parental alienation occurs when one parent hinders or disrupts, even poisons the relationship between the child and the other (usually…

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Communication
Creating a Healthy Divorce Narrative for your Kids
March 9, 2016 - by Rachel Alexander, Esq.
There are a lot of recommendations about how to tell your children you are getting divorced. This article concentrates on…

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Parenting
Parentification
February 26, 2016 - by Rachel Alexander, Esq.
Childhood, until the mid-18th century, it is commonly believed, was not conceptualized as a particular stage in life. As reflected…

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