Marital dissolution, including physical separation and divorce, cannot help but impact the children of a divorcing couple. While life is changing for everyone involved, the parents have a right to access and spend time with their children. The bond between parent and child is a natural bond and stronger than any other. The law recognizes this and provides that in the absence of extraordinary circumstances, a parent's right to have access and custody to his or her child should be one of the most highly protected.
Unfortunately, in divorces that involve children, some parents lose objectivity and unilaterally decide that it is in the best interests of the children that they not only live with that parent, but that the other parent should have limited or no access to them at all. At worst, the other parent uses access to the children as a bargaining chip to attain some other, usually monetary, benefit from the divorce.
The child custody attorneys at Schifanelli & Associates, LLC, fight hard for parents to secure their legal rights to custody and access to their children. We use our knowledge of the law and our experience in the courtroom to secure a custody arrangement that represents our client's interest to the fullest, or counseling our client during meditation of custody issues.
Baltimore Child Custody and Visitation Lawyers
Working out a custody and visitation arrangement prior to entering a courtroom is ideal. Not only does it spare the children from the intense stress of being placed in the middle of a contested divorce, mediation also puts the decision in the hands of the parents. Relying on a judge — who does not know you or your children other than the few minutes or hour that he or she spent reviewing the case file — to render a verdict is usually not in anyone's best interest.
Military divorces involve unique child custody and visitation arrangements. One parent may be living on a Maryland military base. A mother or father may be transferred to another state or deployed overseas. When circumstances change significantly due to military decisions beyond the control of either spouse, revisiting and modifying the divorce decree may be necessary.
A well thought out and mutually agreed upon child custody and visitation arrangement can make a transition smoother for all involved.
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