As summer comes along the risk of drunk driving increases. There are serious consequences for anyone convicted of drunk driving, not only for your criminal record but also for the secretary of state record. It is very important to hire someone who focuses on driving under the influence rather than hiring someone who may handle these cases occasionally. You should want to hire someone who has experience and knows how to deal with the judge. There are some judges who … Read More →

Busy schedules can sometimes get in the way of parenting time during the summer. If your busy work schedule is interrupting your arranged parenting time, take some time to learn what you can do to alleviate this issue. First remember to communicate with your lawyer and tell them what your scheduling issue is. Your lawyer will be able to help adjust your schedule by talking to the other lawyer and judge. There is a way to change your parenting time … Read More →

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 →