A relocation case study where siblings would be split up in event of a move.
Mary and Sal reached a difficult point in their negotiation when they started to talk about the idea of moving. Mary had met and was dating a man who lived three hundred miles away and had his own business at that [...]
A relocation case study where Dad might have to move to another state for work.
Steve and Claudia had completed their agreement except for the issue of what would happen if one of them had to move. Steve’s job was with a large corporation and he knew that he might be called upon to move to [...]
A visitation case study where visitation with Grandparents was an issue.
Sally and Sheldon had completed all aspects of their visitation agreement when they suddenly became aware that Sheldon was uncomfortable with allowing visitation to Sally’s mother and father. Sheldon claimed that Sally’s mother and father were probably the biggest reason they were getting divorced in [...]
A visitation case study where the parents share special occasions and emergencies.
Joe and Mary worked out schedules for the major holidays quite well. They also had concerns about a number of special occasions which were going to take place. Jose was concerned because his sister was getting married in a few months and he wanted [...]
A visitation case study with a special arrangement for Christmas.
Joe and Mary have to children aged seven and eleven. They are concerned not only about who should spend the various holidays with the kids, but also about taking care of the children during the holidays. After much discussion they agreed that all the holidays which [...]
A physical custody case study where the parents chose shared custody.
Matt and Sarah had been separated for several months before starting work on their divorce agreement. Matt was living at his mother’s house while Sarah was at home with the kids. The children, two boys aged eleven and fourteen, said very often they really missed [...]
A physical custody case study where the parents’ situation requires flexibility.
Laura and Ted both work full-time as professionals. Each one can be required by his or her work to go out of town on weekends and both are subject to evening hours with clients or customers. Neither parent wanted to give up care of their [...]
A physical custody case study where the parents choose shared custody of their children.
Fran and Bob were living separately for almost a year before they started their divorce proceeding. During that year the children lived with Fran, attended school, and saw Bob mostly on weekends. Fran worked in a part-time job which did not occupy [...]
A legal custody case study where the parents generally agree on decisions regarding their daughter, but take precaution against future impasses.
Luke and Joan were involved in a divorce which had been sparked by unfaithfulness on one of their parts, and there was a considerable degree of enmity. They had one child aged seven. Wile neither [...]
A case study on legal custody where the spouses cannot agree on who should make decisions regarding the children’s religious upbringing.
Sylvia and Joel have two children aged five and seven. They have always disagreed on almost everything regarding the children. Sylvia was brought up Catholic and Joel was brought up in the Jewish tradition. In [...]