There's no question that life in general can be tough for kids to cope with, especially when they are in the midst of a child custody dispute between their parents. A child who has witnessed or a divorce or who has just had to learn that their parents are going to live apart from each other permanently may need some help from a mental health professional to cope with these issues.
Divorce rate is dropping in the long term
According to relatively recent statistics, the divorce rate across the county has been falling fairly consistently since the last decade. To clarify any confusion about what the divorce rate entails, in this post, it represents the number of women's marriages that end in divorce in a given year. For example, in 2015, for every 1,000 married women, there were almost 17 that ended in a divorce.
Overview of how contempt of court works in California
As many parents may know already, and as this blog may have mentioned on previous occasions, one of the means a court can enforce its orders to pay child support by holding those who do not pay in contempt of court and punishing them accordingly.
Review of how victims can get a restraining order
As a previous post on this blog discussed, domestic violence victims in the Orange County area will need to take calm but decisive action in order to get the violence to stop and to protect their children and their other interests.