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California military divorce requires careful treatment of retirement pay, survivor benefits, housing allowances, support, and federal service protections.
Florida's 2023 overhaul of its child custody statutes eliminated the presumption in favor of equal time-sharing — and in doing so, it recalibrated the entire relocation analysis that courts apply when a parent wants to move with a child after dissolution. Parents seeking to relocate or resist relocation in 2026 are operating under a framework that rewards careful documentation and penalizes reactive filings.
California AB 1098, effective January 1, 2025, strengthened the evidentiary standards governing the domestic violence presumption under Family Code section 3044, making it harder for abusive parents to rebut the presumption against sole or joint custody. Family law practitioners are still working through how courts are applying the new rebuttal factors and what documentation is most effective in contested custody proceedings. This article breaks down the statutory changes and their practical effect on litigation strategy.
Texas SB 869, enacted in the 2023 legislative session, expanded parental rights to access school materials, limit certain instructional content, and withdraw children from specific curriculum activities. For family law attorneys advising clients navigating co-parenting disputes or custody orders that involve educational decisions, the new law has created a new category of litigation: disputes between divorced or separated parents about how SB 869 rights may be exercised when parents disagree.
Pennsylvania requires a 'substantial and continuing change in circumstances' to modify a child support order. Here's what triggers a modification, how the calculation changes, and what to do when the other parent won't agree.