If you are the non-placement parent, unable to spend sufficient time with your child on a daily basis, it can be can be quite painful. Regular and consistent visitation helps, but if the other parent is not cooperative, recalcitrant, or if you have not been granted specific visitation you may be wondering what steps you…
When you’re going through the divorce process and negotiating child support and custody issues, you’ll hear the term “best interests of the child.” The court will consider a number of things in determining the best interest of a child, including the new family lifestyle the children will experience after a divorce and where the court…
Divorce is almost always a painful process. Determining how to divide assets and determine their cash value is often a difficult and bitter end to a relationship that did not work out. Emotions run high, even in an amicable divorce. Therefore, being prepared is the best way to ensure both parties receive their equitable and…
In the state of Rhode Island, overturning an official Decree of Divorce, rendered by a Judge after a testimonial hearing, requires an appeal. This must be done within a short and specified timeframe, after the entry of the Order of Divorce. An agreed upon, or Nominal divorce cannot be appealed. Unfortunately, the appeal process is…
The concept of how to divide assets is often a primary focus of divorce. When you’re talking about liquid assets like bank accounts, dividing them is as often fairly straightforward. Generally, we can assign each person an amount and then transfer the money accordingly. Unfortunately the division of a house or a pension, or other…
by Attorney Christopher E. Heberg – No one enters a marriage with the idea that it is going to end in divorce. However, for many couples a divorce is the only alternative for an unhappy and difficult situation. If you’re considering filing for divorce in Rhode Island, you should make sure you understand the divorce…
by Attorney Christopher E. Heberg – Notice of the Charge Has a Motion for Contempt been filed against you for not paying your child support previously ordered by the court? Perhaps, you’re filing for contempt against your spouse for not doing what was required with a Divorce Decree. No matter the precise scenario, the process…
by Attorney Christopher E. Heberg Rhode Island recognizes shared legal custody, sole legal custody, shared physical placement and placement with one parent. When a couple files for divorce in R.I., both parents are presumed to be appropriate to share legal custody. Legal custody is not the physical location where a child lives. Legal custody allows…
by Attorney Christopher E. Heberg – In the state of Rhode Island, a person may seek protection under domestic violence laws if they have been caused physical harm or threatened with the intent to be physically harmed, involuntary forced or coerced into a sexual relationship, cyber-stalked or repeatedly harassed by another. The Rhode Island Family…
Co-parenting is a concept not a legal term, and relates to how parents effectively parent together for the child or children after divorce or separation. It can range from minor decisions to major decisions like what extra-curricular activities are my children going to partake in? What health decisions are made for the children. What religious…