As the weather gets warmer vacation time comes even closer and you may be wondering about personal injury. You see quite often year after year that there was a horrible accident as a result of fireworks. Just because you can buy fireworks doesn’t necessarily mean you have the ability to safely deploy fireworks. If you don’t then you can burn down a house or even worse, someone can be the victim of an accident. Contact Goldman and Associates to speak … Read More →

As the weather gets warmer vacation time comes even closer and you may be wondering about your custody order. Custody order is the order which governs the relationship between the two parties and the schedule of the child throughout the year. The standard order can be surpassed by the special orders which may include summer vacation. Special orders like summer vacation, Christmas, or New years will always beat regular custody. This may shift your schedule time but there are opportunities … Read More →

Generally speaking, you don’t need permission from the court, but you should be mindful that there is likely to be a parenting time schedule. As long as whatever you do does not interfere with the rights of the other parent it should be perfectly fine. However, you will run into a problem when you try to take your children out of time during the time that is scheduled for your children to be with the other parent. Whatever plans you … Read More →

The court will only modify parenting time if the person seeking the modification can prove with “clear and convincing” evidence that the change is in the best interest of the child. Your attorney should be able to explain to you what that standard entails. The parent seeking modification must also show a “change in circumstances”. The court insists on a change in circumstances before changing the custody arrangement because it considers consistency and stability to be among the core elements … Read More →

As you go through the calendar, you will see that there are many holidays that can create conflict such as Memorial Day and the 4th of July. Generally speaking, the rule of thumb is that the non-standard holiday parenting time is going to trump the standard parenting time. Whatever holidays are specified in your judgement, you need to realize that those are an exception and have priority over standard parenting time. You may have an advantage one year, the odds … Read More →

This is a very interesting situation especially when the parents are not married. This involves one parent worried about starting legal proceedings and making things worse. If you feel scared of the other parent, this can be perceived as weakness, you will be walked all over and you will never get more parenting time. You need to immediately contact a skilled attorney and file a petition for joint custody as well as a request for immediate parenting time. If the … Read More →

July 4th is a holiday that is commonly celebrated with the use of fireworks. However, this year is unique because many cities have cancelled their firework displays. As a result of this, this will lead to individuals not being able to watch a firework show, so they will probably buy fireworks for themselves. The problem is that a good percentage of these people have no experience with the handling of fireworks. All it takes is one little mistake to turn … Read More →

If you are going to make an abuse or neglect case, then the court will expect CPS to become involved. CPS workers may try to get you to say things to twist your words. Even though they should be doing the right thing and being straightforward with you, that is not always the case. If you have to call CPS remember to be on high alert and watch what you say. Your best option is to speak to your attorney … Read More →