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Stephen Williams
- Oct 6, 2020
- 1 min
You can choose your Child Custody reality or just agree with someone else’s.
Rarely do we get our philosophical insights from YA fiction, but Alabama-born author John Green’s “The Fault in our Stars” reminded us...
Stephen Williams
- Sep 6, 2020
- 1 min
Wishful Thinking and Expectations from the Other Side in Child Custody
There’s a lot of wishful thinking in #ChildCustody and #CoParenting. It’s not even fair to the Other Side to expect something from them...
Stephen Williams
- Aug 30, 2020
- 0 min
Stephen Williams
- Aug 22, 2020
- 1 min
In Child Custody…Look Up, Not Around
In the long run, we don’t have to prove anything to anyone. We are all miracles as people and parents, but we forget that when we look...
Stephen Williams
- Aug 20, 2020
- 2 min
Can Your Child Custody Order Predict (and Control) the Future
The short answer is no, but this is Child Custody law, and it’s never that simple. The truth is that there are certain future events that...
Stephen Williams
- Aug 5, 2020
- 1 min
Child Custody is about Deciding Who You Are…Not What You Do
There’s a big difference between saying “I quit smoking” and “I’m not a smoker.” Especially in DHR cases, you can’t be effective in your...
Stephen Williams
- Jul 29, 2020
- 1 min
The Benefit of Small Victories in Child Custody
When you want your kids with you so badly in a #ChildCustody case, it’s easy to focus so much thought and energy on the “BIG WIN” that...
Stephen Williams
- Jul 6, 2020
- 1 min
A Co-Parent Needs a Court Order to Suspend Visitation
A #CoParent cannot legally suspend Court-Ordered visitation without, you guessed it, a Court Order. An informally agreed upon, temporary...
Stephen Williams
- Jun 11, 2020
- 1 min
Express Yourself in Child Custody and Co-Parenting
Express Yourself in Child Custody and Co-Parenting… Here’s the beautiful thing about a detailed Child Custody and Visitation Schedule. It...
Stephen Williams
- Jun 2, 2020
- 2 min
Quick Tips for Dealing with the GAL in Your DHR Child Custody Case
If you’re dealing with DHR and there is an active custody case in the Juvenile Court system, Alabama law mandates that a Guardian ad...
Stephen Williams
- May 14, 2020
- 3 min
What Poker Can Teach Us about Child Custody and Co-Parenting
There’s a lot less causation in our world than we think. There are questionable decisions that work out and there are conservative,...
Stephen Williams
- Apr 29, 2020
- 2 min
Do You Have an Appointment with Your Kids in Child Custody and Co-Parenting?
Do you have an appointment with your kids in #childcustody and #coparenting? Court hearings are set by appointment; that’s called due...
Stephen Williams
- Apr 24, 2020
- 2 min
Thinking about Thinking about Child Custody…
Do you think about thinking? Pretty meta, huh? More specifically, do you think about WHAT you think about? Do you think about HOW you...
Stephen Williams
- Apr 9, 2020
- 2 min
Not Able to Work Out? You and Your Kids Can Flex These 3 “Muscles."
1. Boredom Dr. Andreas Elpidorou, Philosophy Professor at the University of Louisville and author of “The Good of Boredom,” contends that...
Stephen Williams
- Apr 6, 2020
- 2 min
Quick Tip – Take Pictures of Your Order/Paperwork with Your Phone
I have seen folks schlep into our office dragging three kids less than the age of 5 all the while lugging a thick binder full of any...
Stephen Williams
- Apr 4, 2020
- 2 min
We are Not Child Custody Lawyers
We’re just a group of folks that’ll keep helping parents and relatives stand up for themselves and their children as long as we’re fit...
Stephen Williams
- Mar 26, 2020
- 1 min
Your First Decision in Child Custody and Co-Parenting
There are millions of decisions you make as a parent or caregiver in the best of times and even more when you’re facing the challenge of...
Stephen Williams
- Mar 23, 2020
- 3 min
5 Tips for Facetime-ing with Your Kids in Child Custody
Any #CoParent who has visited with their kids at a McDonald’s knows that an hour or more is a long time to sit at a fast food restaurant....
Stephen Williams
- Mar 20, 2020
- 1 min
We Help Fathers Get Joint Physical Custody
“The court shall in every case consider joint custody…” § 30-3-152(a), Ala. Code 1975 ^^^ anybody who has spent any time in this game...
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