Family Law

Ways to Help Make Visitation Changes More Pleasant

By Ben Stevens

This week, I am highlighting excerpts from "Helping Your Child Cope With Divorce."  One of the main areas in which problems arise for divorced parents is that of visitation exchanges.  As a family law attorney, hardly a week goes by that I don't have to deal with this particular issue.  Parents who wish to make the visitation exchanges a pleasant experience should:

• Have the child ready for visits on time with the appropriate clothing and other items.
• Do not turn the pick-up and drop-off times into forums for arguing and attacking the other parent.
• Understand that emergency situations sometimes arise that will change the visitation plans.
• Do not arbitrarily change the visitation plans.
• Do not ask or expect the child to "spy" for you.

Full post as published by SC Family Law Blog on December 19, 2007 (boomark / email).