Category Archives: Separated Parenting

Separated parents in dispute: Don’t drag in your service providers!

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Gary Direnfeld

Separated parents in high conflict have a way of dragging others into their child custody and/or access dispute. Not just family friends, and neighbours, but every professional associated with the children. The parents seek to bolster their claims to support … Continue reading →

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After separation, what about the kids?

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Gary Direnfeld

Determining the ongoing care of children between separated parents can be a source of conflict. Parents worry about who is responsible for what decisions and they fret about developing a residential schedule between them.

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Separating?

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Gary Direnfeld

Once the decision to separate is made, there are a number of other issues to settle. If the decision has been made in isolation, there is the matter of informing one’s spouse. Thereafter comes telling the kids. From there, attention … Continue reading →

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Resolving Separation And Divorce Issues

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Gary Direnfeld

Some 20 years ago it used to be that referrals from family lawyers were only for custody and access assessments long after the negotiation flowed into litigation.

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Separated Parents and Mutual Antagonism

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Gary Direnfeld

Some separated parents they cannot avoid provoking and antagonizing each other, co-creating conflict from which both seek relief. Yet and even though separated, they continue with their miserable ways, each complaining of the other. Both are looking for the other … Continue reading →

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Parental Separation: Who do you see?

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Gary Direnfeld

There is a dynamic that naturally evolves when parents only see lawyers to determine their ongoing relationship to children, post separation or divorce.

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When Separated Parents Meddle in Each Other’s Parenting

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Gary Direnfeld

Some separated parents can’t resist telling the children how the other parent’s rules or expectations or new partner are not up to snuff.

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Parental separation and then moving with child… far away.

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Gary Direnfeld

When following a parental separation, a parental move with child far away from the other parent compounds one loss with another.

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What do I call you?

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Gary Direnfeld

Some separated parents face a difficult decision when one or other parent establishes a new and committed relationship: What to call the stepparent?

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What Do We Tell The Kids?

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Gary Direnfeld

Once the decision to separate has been made, the next big concern is telling the children. What you tell your children depends upon their age and beyond what you tell them, is how you tell them and then how you … Continue reading →

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