Co-Parenting Through the Holidays
It's that time of year. The time when I get complaints about my child's parent is not being cooperative about Christmas and I want to take them to court . It is difficult, because both parents want to spend as much time with their child as possible. You may want to leave to go out of town earlier than your parenting plan will allow, and maybe the other parent is being unreasonable by not allowing you to do so. Or maybe your parenting plan has been in place for a few years and now that your child is older, you believe the holiday schedule is just not working anymore. Now I could be the type of lawyer that sees a money making opportunity and immediately starts typing up a motion for enforcemen t or a petition for modification , but I'm not. I say let's put the brakes on and talk about this for a minute to see if that is necessary. First and foremost, it is always about the best interests of the child. The law looks to the best interests of the child, and the pare