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

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Wednesday, September 23, 2015. When married parents get divorced, any custody decisions made by the court are likely to affect more than just the children and their two parents. In many cases, grandparents also experience the consequences of a child custody agreement – sometimes for better but often for worse. An acrimonious divorce can even lead to severed ties between grandparents and the grandchildren they love. Here in Illinois, grandparents can sometimes petition the court for visitation rights. However, the process is complex and not all grandparents will

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Whether an individual is going through a divorce or break up, everything changes when a child is involved. A child forever bonds two individuals together, even when both would rather part ways forever and have absolutely nothing to do with one another. For a parent, the end of a marriage or relationship with a child’s mother or father means that an agreement with regard to child custody and visitation must be made. When a minor-aged child is involved, parents should do everything in their

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Wednesday, September 2, 2015. In our last post, we began a discussion about divorce and its potential impacts on funding college for your kids. If you have minor children and are seeking custody, you may have more immediate concerns than paying for college – especially if your children are still very young. Nonetheless, decisions made now could have an impact on the cost of your child’s college education and how it is paid for. In today’s post, we’ll discuss how some former couples manage their tax-advantaged 529 savings

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Monday, August 31, 2015. Now more than ever, going to college is a financial investment that spans a lifetime. Students who take out loans to finance a college education may be paying those loans back for decades afterward. And for students whose parents can afford to foot the bill for a college education, saving may have started at birth. Unfortunately, parental divorce can significantly complicate plans to save for college. If you are experiencing divorce and have minor children at home, you may be wondering how the divorce

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Sunday, August 16, 2015. You can ask most anyone about their thoughts on divorce and they’ll probably feel confident speaking in generalizations. You may hear that “divorce is failure,” or that “divorce is selfish.” Some might say that “divorce harms children” or that someone getting a divorce hasn’t “found their one true love.” Are any of these generalizations accurate? Are they even helpful? Certainly, there have been plenty of sociological studies about divorce and its effects on the whole family, but controlling the variables in such studies can