Last week, we discussed the stress that parents are experiencing in the current pandemic. One of the main drivers of stress, of course, is having your kids home and trying to navigate school online. In some ways, it’s absolutely wonderful to have your children with...
The parenting plans that divorced couples use throughout Texas operate under one big assumption: That school will operate on a normal Monday through Friday schedule throughout the year. The schedules parents follow, including when parenting times begin and end, as...
For some parents, not considering everything else going on with school openings right now, this school year marks a big transition. When children graduate from elementary school to middle school, or middle school to high school, their schedules change and their...
In a recent article I wrote, I discussed same-sex divorces for marriages that are actually informal marriages. Though informal marriages, the legal term in Texas for what some know better as common-law marriages, don’t come with the same level of ceremony as a...
If you’re a divorced parent under a standard decree in Texas, you already should have your summer vacation plan together. We covered the complexities of summer parenting time in a blog article around this time last year, and emphasized the importance of parents...
Divorce is challenging for anyone who’s gone through it, but it’s especially challenging for parents. First of all, the divorce immediately affects the people in their lives they love most. Every decision made through the divorce process has the potential...
About this time last year, we published an article by our very own Byrd Bonner that talked about how parents can get on the same page regarding their parenting schedules after their divorce. One of the things we talked about was Our Family Wizard, a co-parenting app...
One of the most challenging aspects for divorced parents figuring out the parenting plan is how summer parenting time works. It’s designed to help bring the time children spend with each parent closer to a 50/50 ratio, while also allowing each parent to have...
March brings with it one of the most wonderful and challenging weeks of the year to be a parent: Spring Break. It’s an opportunity – if a parent’s and child’s vacation time can be coordinated – to take a trip together or just some spent...
This is one in a series of four articles, in a collaboration between Law Office of Lisa A. Vance founder Lisa Vance and Dr. Becky Davenport, founder of the San Antonio-based Institute of Couple and Family Enhancement, looking at parenting plans in divorce decrees from...
