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

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Thursday, July 9, 2015. The writer of a recent and instructive media piece on divorce and children makes reference to subject matter that “is among the thorniest issues family law courts face.” At first blush, many readers of our blog in Illinois and elsewhere might have widely varied ideas on what that focal concern of courts might be. Domestic abuse might readily come to mind for some people, with the sad fact being that violence in the home is indeed a sobering concern for some families. Drug and

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Monday, May 11, 2015. An online overview of an important yet seldom addressed family law topic refers to an “ideal world” in which post-divorce friction between ex-spouses is essentially contained, with resulting salutary effects visited on the children created through their marriage. Although that world does in fact exist for some families, of course, it is far from being the reality for others. It is simply the case in some instances that much of the discord that existed during marriage endures following marital dissolution, with children suffering adverse

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Friday, May 1, 2015. Many people might not realize it, but the way in which courts here in the U.S. currently treat child custody arrangements is the product of a fundamental transformation that occurred roughly 50 years ago. Specifically, the prevailing view adhered to by the courts during the last century was known as the “tender years” doctrine, which dictated that children — especially infants and toddlers — benefited the most by being close to their mothers. This changed in roughly the mid-60s, however, when U.S. courts began