What Are the Convictions? A criminal record can impact custody arrangements. Whether or not your record will impact your custody arrangements will depend on what your convictions were, among other factors including how long it’s been since the conviction, or whether you have a history of repeating the same offense….
What Is Adoption? In simple terms, adoptions occur when the biological parents of a child relinquish their rights to the child, giving another couple permanent physical and legal custody of the child. Essentially, the adoptive parents become the child’s parents. Legally speaking, there is no difference between adoptive parents and…
It Depends… The court’s action and willingness to get involved may depend upon the allegations and the likelihood that your child is in danger. For example, if you think that your ex’s partner is abusing children, but their partner does not have an established history of abusing children, and there…
Five Ways to Boost Your Mental Health Go to the Gym Going to the gym is a great way to recharge mentally and physically—though it may not feel like it at the time. However, not everyone likes going to the gym. For many people, it’s very difficult to go to…
Should You Read Your Partner’s Diary? It depends—does your partner want you to read his or her diary? If not, then you should not read their diary. Diaries and journals are deeply personal items that often contain raw, unfiltered thoughts. We have a lot of thoughts throughout the day: wouldn’t…
How Do You Get Full Legal Custody? What Is Legal Custody, Anyway? Legal custody refers to the parents’ rights to make decisions about the child’s life. If you have legal custody of your child, you have the right to make decisions such as where they’ll live, where they’ll go to…
They Know too Much about Everything Your in-laws shouldn’t know everything that there is to know about your marriage, especially the more intimate parts of your marriage. Telling your parents about conflicts you and your spouse are having can always be a problem, especially if you’re telling them all the…
It Depends: What Do You Mean? The short answer is, yes, your ex can potentially get your internet history. How they would manage to do such a thing, however, is a different matter. If you and your ex share a family computer, they can look at any history that’s stored…
Can My Ex Force Me to Take a Drug Test? While your ex cannot show up at your house and demand that you take this drug test or else, they can request that the court issue an order requiring you to submit to a drug test. Typically, your ex will…
Having Separate Accounts Just to Hide Things There’s nothing wrong with having separate accounts—sometimes it just works better that way. However, if you’ve got separate accounts just so you can hide things from your spouse, that may be a problem. If you have a problem with Yu-Gi-Oh cards that’s causing…
How to Survive and Thrive When Your Marriage Ends