When divorce happens to your family, children should always be the first priority when it comes to maintaining their best interests. When both parents are of healthy, sound, financial mind, that often means sharing custody evenly.
However, we understand that life happens, and careers take you elsewhere. Sometimes, what’s best for your children is moving out of state for work or school so that you can provide them with the best possible future.
They may not understand that now, but we know they will later in life.
Does this situation sound familiar? If so, here are a few long-distance parenting tips that could improve your situation.
1. Schedule plenty of trips in advance. This will help you and your children look forward to seeing one another again.
2. Get on a school-centric schedule. Depending on how far away you live from your children, it may not be possible to see them every week, or even every month. However, kids do have long holiday breaks and summer vacations. Work out a custody arrangement that allows you to see them during this time for an extended period of time—perhaps even for an entire month at once!
3. Go to them if they can’t always come to you. Consider making a monthly trip to see your kids instead of them coming to you. It’s often easier for the parent to travel than the children.
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If you want to re-work your child visitation or custody schedule, we’re happy to help you. We urge you to contact our law firm today to speak with a Michigan attorney at no cost to you—we happily offer no obligation consultations.
We’d love to learn more about your needs and discuss how we can help you achieve your outcomes you desire.
Your kids are worth it!