Tag Archives: joint custody
Skype and “Virtual Visitation” in Alabama
Posted on 25. Feb, 2011 by Alabama Divorce Lawyer, Jim Jeffries.
I was walking down the hallway of my house the other night and I heard my 14 year old daughter having a conversation with what sounded like another boy in her room. It was late and I knew no one was there but, of course, I immediately headed that way. When I opened the door to her [...]
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Telling the Kids About the Divorce
Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by Alabama Divorce Lawyer, Jim Jeffries.
How do I tell the children about the divorce?
It is one of the toughest tasks that accompanies a divorce. How do we tell the children? I recently came across a good article that advised parents facing divorce to avoid these three mistakes when telling the children:
Pressuring the children to make a choice,
Forgetting to emphasize that [...]
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Divorce’s Lasting Effects
Posted on 24. Apr, 2009 by Alabama Divorce Lawyer, Jim Jeffries.
The Washington Times posts an interesting article here on the effects of divorce on children.
The brief article addresses two different views of divorce held by researchers on the effects of divorce on children. Elizabeth Marquardt takes the position that parents should fight harder to save their marriages because of the effects that it has on [...]
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Alabama Court Overturns One Year with Mom, One Year with Dad
Posted on 03. Apr, 2009 by Alabama Divorce Lawyer, Jim Jeffries.
The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals recently overturned a trial court that awarded the parties to a divorce joint physical custody of their child with the mother to exercise custody one year and the father to exercise custody the next year. The case is Headrick v. Headrick, Case No. 2030690 (Ala. Civ. App. June 17, [...]