Parenting Time/Visitation

Somerset County, New Jersey Custody Attorneys

When a family transitions from one household to two, the reality is that both parents will have to give up time with the children. At Copeland, Shimalla & Wechsler, L.L.P. we promote open and amicable resolutions to ease the strain and emotional trauma on everyone involved. When necessary, we have the skills and experience to protect your parental rights in court.

When such sensitive issues are at stake, we promote open, amicable resolutions to ease the strain and emotional trauma on everyone involved. However, when necessary, we have the courtroom skills and experience to protect your parental rights in court.

Custody involves deciding not only where children will live, but also how decisions will be made about their welfare, and how parents will share information and decision-making responsibility. Parenting time (referred to as "visitation" in the past) is the time that each parent physically spends with the children. Our attorneys know that not all families are the same, and we help clients fashion fair and detailed parenting plans to meet the individual needs of each family.

We also assist clients who seek to modify parenting time arrangements after the initial parenting plan was established. While custody agreements are not easily changed, modifications may be appropriate and necessary due to parental relocation, changes in the needs of a child, or other reasons. We counsel parents about their options and how to proceed when circumstances warrant a change.

Contact our Warren, New Jersey, firm by e-mail or call 908.922.4238 today to learn more about New Jersey's parenting plan guidelines or to in a consultation with one of our child custody and visitation attorneys.

*Three of our named partners are Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as Matrimonial Law Attorneys.

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