Kansas City Divorce & Family Law Blog by Stange Law Firm, PC

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Thursday, January 28, 2016. Most of the time, after divorce parents recognize that their relationship has changed, but not ended. They must continue to co-parent their children, working together to make sure they are as emotionally and physically healthy as possible as they prepare for adulthood. Unfortunately, in Illinois not every former couple is able to do this. Their relationship has deteriorated to the point that they cannot work out a child custody plan that is fair to both parents and in the child’s best interests. Even more

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Tuesday, January 26, 2016. Though Missouri’s family law has changed in many ways to adapt to our evolving ideas of what a family is, in some ways the law remains behind the times. In one important example, a man is presumed to be the father of a child if the child was born to his or her “natural mother” while the man was married to the mother, or within 300 days of the end of the marriage. On the other hand, when a child is born outside of

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Wednesday, January 20, 2016. One of the most important things you can do as a parent going through divorce is to avoid putting your children in the middle. No matter how you feel about your ex right now, he or she is your kids’ other parent. When possible, children generally do better when both parents remain a source of love, affection, discipline and support for them — even when the parents are no longer together. Sadly, some parents put their own desire for “revenge” over their children’s well-being.

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Friday, January 15, 2016. How many divorced people in Illinois and Missouri could be next-door neighbors with their ex? Can any of our readers ever see themselves living in the same building — or even the same house — as the former love of their lives? More people than you might think would answer “yes.” Often, there are practical reasons for divorced couples to live near each other, especially if they have children together. As one divorced dad recently told The New York Times, living in the same

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Wednesday, January 13, 2016. A heartbreaking child custody case out of New Jersey may make our Illinois and Missouri readers consider whether a parent can be made to give up his or her rights due to poverty, and whether parents facing the loss of custody have a constitutional right to an attorney. The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that pits a 2-year-old girl’s mother against the girl’s foster parents, who want to adopt her and have the biological mother stripped of her parental

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Monday, January 4, 2016. Many divorces require the spouses or the judge to determine child custody. Much less common is a legal determination about what to do about embryos. But with alternative forms of conception becoming increasingly popular, perhaps it was inevitable that such a case arise in Missouri. As WFMY-TV reports, the case pits two St. Louis County parents and former spouses against each other. The mother used in vitro fertilization to give birth to twin sons in 2014. The process created two additional embryos made from