Judges, opposing counsels, witnesses, are parking cars next to yours, walking in behind you and either getting the doors held for them by you—or else closed in their faces. During my trial, I saw dads and other people going to court who were losing their cool in the parking garage—cussing, cutting up, saying negative things about their spouses—while judges and jury members were still watching them. Folks, your trial is not going on inside a vacuum. It is therefore up to you to keep your act clean both in and out of the courtroom.
Continue reading about Showtime Begins & Ends in Court from Your Car Tip #308
The kids’ stuff shouldn’t be able to fit easily into a backpack, or even into a nice set of luggage. Their room needs to be decorated, pictures on the wall, games and books, stuff to do; it needs to look like a room your kids live in permanently, not just a place they kill some time before returning to their real home, not just four walls with a bed in it.
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Every time you walk into court, whether you’re coming in to drop off a piece of paper, make a child support payment, or even if it was just the closest bathroom on your way to somewhere else, you need to be dressed to the hilt.
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You have heard it said time and time again, fathers that are involved in their children’s school make a positive impact on their kids’ grades, behavior, and overall attitude towards education and learning.
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Co-parenting is hard. Take the high road and keep the other parent informed and write her a short, brief, letter about your precious children. After you written it, sleep on it and re-read it in the morning. Make sure it’s all about the children, after all that’s what matters.
Continue reading about In Letters to Ex: Be Formal, Polite, & Brief. Tip #248
As we approach the last 30 days before taxes are due, I thought it would be appropriate to talk a little bit about who is suppose to claim your children after a divorce. The short answers are: 1) the parent whom is deemed on your final court orders, and 2) the parent who is the [...]
Continue reading about Who Gets to Claim Johnny on Taxes? Tip #386
Daddy Got Custody, the final frontier. These are the voyages of good fathers. Their ongoing mission; to explore their children’s world; to seek out custody and new methods of winning; to boldly go where no man has gone before.
These words may remind you of Captain James T. Kirk or perhaps William Shatner. Today’s tip is about how [...]
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Have you noticed we live in a society that hates making decisions? Whether it’s picking a combo meal number at a drive through window, or deciding which restaurant to frequent for dinner, people HATE making choices. I believe this problem is rooted in having too many choices and everyone accessing too many different opinions. We have become a generation [...]
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