What Every Father Should Know Before Fighting for Custody in New Jersey

Walking into a custody case as a father can feel like the deck is stacked against you before you even sit down. Maybe you've heard the stories — that courts always side with mom, that dads only get every other weekend, that the system just isn't built for fathers who...

Finding Your Financial Feet During A Divorce

Divorces, aside from being emotionally tumultuous, physically exhausting, and life changing events, are also quite expensive. Your financial wellness can be wiped out during the process, and you’re likely to need to give your Ex spouse maintenance payments for a long...

A Divorce Checklist For Dads

Divorce is tough. There's no sugar-coating it, especially when you're a dad. You're trying to juggle your emotions, your kids' needs, and the endless paperwork. It can feel overwhelming like your life is falling apart piece by piece. But here's the thing: you're not...

Understanding Fathers Rights: How Dads Can Secure Custody

Securing custody as a Father can feel challenging, especially when it’s generally believed that Mothers are naturally better caregivers. However, today’s courts recognize that fathers play an equally important role in a child’s life, and many dads are successfully...

Strategies for Fathers to Advocate for Their Parental Rights During Mediation

As a father, navigating the complex world of child custody mediation can be daunting, but it's crucial to advocate for your parental rights.  Mediation offers an opportunity to reach an agreement with the other parent outside of court, but it's essential to have a...

7 Awesome Killer Tips for Fathers Seeking Custody

Navigating the legal maze of child custody can be daunting, especially for fathers seeking custody. It is crucial to be well-prepared and informed about the process to improve your chances of success. Here are some awesome killer tips for fathers seeking custody. 1....

Legal Guidance for Fathers: Securing Your Rights and Your Childs Future

Finding the right legal support can be daunting, especially for fathers striving to secure their rights. Whether it's custody battles, visitation rights, or child support issues, the legal system can seem like an intricate maze. This guide sheds light on how fathers...

15 Ways Dads Can Win Custody

When fathers are seeking custody of their children, it's crucial to approach the situation with a clear strategy and a focus on the best interests of the children. Here are 15 ways Dads can win custody of their children: Understand Custody Types: Know the difference...

Why Are Mothers More Likely To Win Custody Over Fathers?

Any father that has gone through a divorce will know the pain of trying to win custody. As a side note, I’ve always hated that term. “Winning” custody makes it seem like a game when we’re talking about such an important part of your life. The sad reality for most dads...

5 Tips on How to Get Custody Rights as a Father

As a father, the thought of not being able to see your children as often as you'd like can be heart-wrenching. If you're currently in the midst of a custody battle or are considering seeking custody of your children, it's important to be prepared and to have a plan in...

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Does A Breakup Have To Be So Toxic?

Does A Breakup Have To Be So Toxic?

The ending of a relationship is rarely amicable. It’s not as if you and your partner are going to meet in the United Nations, a moderated forum where both people can vote on the amendments to the terms of your parting. But at the same time, do we really need that kind...

Embracing a New Chapter After Divorce

Embracing a New Chapter After Divorce

The end of a marriage marks the closing of a chapter in your life story. Although painful, a divorce also brings the opportunity to start fresh and intentionally create a new chapter. This period of reinvention requires self-work, active goal-setting, and embracing...

Child Custody Tips

What Every Father Should Know Before Fighting for Custody in New Jersey

Walking into a custody case as a father can feel like the deck is stacked against you before you even sit down. Maybe you've heard the stories — that courts always side with mom, that dads only get every other weekend, that the system just isn't built for fathers who...

Finding Your Financial Feet During A Divorce

Divorces, aside from being emotionally tumultuous, physically exhausting, and life changing events, are also quite expensive. Your financial wellness can be wiped out during the process, and you’re likely to need to give your Ex spouse maintenance payments for a long...

A Divorce Checklist For Dads

Divorce is tough. There's no sugar-coating it, especially when you're a dad. You're trying to juggle your emotions, your kids' needs, and the endless paperwork. It can feel overwhelming like your life is falling apart piece by piece. But here's the thing: you're not...

Understanding Fathers Rights: How Dads Can Secure Custody

Securing custody as a Father can feel challenging, especially when it’s generally believed that Mothers are naturally better caregivers. However, today’s courts recognize that fathers play an equally important role in a child’s life, and many dads are successfully...

Strategies for Fathers to Advocate for Their Parental Rights During Mediation

As a father, navigating the complex world of child custody mediation can be daunting, but it's crucial to advocate for your parental rights.  Mediation offers an opportunity to reach an agreement with the other parent outside of court, but it's essential to have a...

7 Awesome Killer Tips for Fathers Seeking Custody

Navigating the legal maze of child custody can be daunting, especially for fathers seeking custody. It is crucial to be well-prepared and informed about the process to improve your chances of success. Here are some awesome killer tips for fathers seeking custody. 1....
15 Ways Dads Can Win Custody

15 Ways Dads Can Win Custody

When fathers are seeking custody of their children, it's crucial to approach the situation with a clear strategy and a focus on the best interests of the children. Here are 15 ways Dads can win custody of their children: Understand Custody Types: Know the difference...

Working with Your Attorney

What Types of Cases Does a Family Lawyer Handle?

What Types of Cases Does a Family Lawyer Handle?

In New Haven, Connecticut, family law encompasses a broad spectrum of legal matters that directly impact individuals and families. According to the Connecticut Judicial Branch, in 2024, the New Haven Judicial District reported 2,971 new family cases, highlighting the...

Legal Rights To Bear in Mind Before Hiring a Lawyer in OKC

Legal Rights To Bear in Mind Before Hiring a Lawyer in OKC

Regardless of whether the legal matter is of a family, business, civil, or criminal nature, having a competent lawyer cater to your legal needs is non-negotiable. However, it is prudent for you as a client to know your legal rights prior to signing any documents and...

Top Situations Where You Need a Divorce Lawyer

Top Situations Where You Need a Divorce Lawyer

Did you know that in the US, 33% of most marriages end in divorce within the first 10 years because of infidelity, lack of commitment, domestic abuse, substance abuse, and incompatibility? If your marriage ends in divorce, you need someone who can support you not just...

Your Custody Court System

Legal Tips To Maximize Your Work Injury Compensation Claim

Legal Tips To Maximize Your Work Injury Compensation Claim

Accidents at work can throw people off balance. The pain is unbearable, and the medical bills keep piling up. The worst part is that you may lose your capacity to work in the same role. The numbers are daunting by themselves: work-related medically consulted injuries...

5 Reasonable Ways to Modify Your Court Order

5 Reasonable Ways to Modify Your Court Order

As we wind down the Christmas/New Years holiday, you have undoubtedly spent some quality time with your children. As a father, it can be difficult to maintain a strong relationship with your children after a divorce or separation. Court orders often dictate the amount...

How to File for Divorce in 7 Steps

How to File for Divorce in 7 Steps

Filing for divorce can be a difficult and emotional process, but it's important to take the necessary steps to protect your rights and interests. Whether you're seeking a divorce due to irreconcilable differences or other issues, the following steps can help you...

Your Ex, the”Other” Parent

Dealing with the Ex after the Kids are Gone

Dealing with the Ex after the Kids are Gone

Breaking up with a spouse is never easy, but it can be especially difficult when there are children are young. It's natural to want to shield your kids from the pain and turmoil of a divorce, and to try to minimize the impact on their daily lives when you co-parented....

Staying Friendly Through a Divorce

Staying Friendly Through a Divorce

Divorce is complicated, but it doesn't mean that you have to hate your Ex. It's very difficult, because whoever the injured party is is always going to have feelings of bitterness. However, you can work through those feelings so that you can come to a good...

Should You Work to Save Your Relationship or Call it a Day?

Should You Work to Save Your Relationship or Call it a Day?

It's a question we've all asked ourselves at one point or another: should you work to save your relationship or call it a day? While there's no easy answer, there are some key things to consider that can help you make the decision. In this blog post, we'll take a...

A Word On The Evil Ex Theory

A Word On The Evil Ex Theory

Most of us don’t quite know when we started thinking that Exes were doomed to be evil. But there’s something oddly appealing about it. Perhaps, we’re simply so used to watching the media portray past relationships from a negative angle that we automatically assume that the Ex is always wrong.

Covid-19 is not the Time to Fight with Your Ex

Covid-19 is not the Time to Fight with Your Ex

For most of us alive, we have never seen a worldwide pandemic like we are all witnessing with Covid-19. It is overwhelming in comparison to even to the feelings felt on September 11th. I remember traveling shortly after that crisis. People were nicer, traffic merged easier, and passengers from different rows in airplanes introduced themselves with respect and courtesy.

Can You (And Should You) Ever Be Friends With Your Ex?

Can You (And Should You) Ever Be Friends With Your Ex?

Maybe friendship is too strong of a goal. Perhaps there is too much negative history and one or both of you years later still can’t get past it. Under those circumstances “friendship” may be unreachable. Maybe just being civil to one another while attending graduations or weddings is a step in the right direction.

Parenting and Co-Parenting Tips

How to Embrace Life as a New Parent

How to Embrace Life as a New Parent

No one has a baby expecting it to be easy. Still, no one expects it to be quite so difficult, either. You’ll hear experienced parents telling parents-to-be that they’re in for a ride, but they never quite believe it until they’re in the middle of it themselves....

Co-Parenting Strategies for a Healthy Post-Divorce Relationship

Co-Parenting Strategies for a Healthy Post-Divorce Relationship

Navigating the complexities of post-divorce co-parenting can be particularly daunting, as it requires ongoing communication, cooperation, and compromise. If this is your current situation, with the right strategies and a commitment to putting your children's...

Managing Finances in Child Custody & Co-Parenting

Managing Finances in Child Custody & Co-Parenting

As a parent, you already have enough on your plate, and managing child custody and co-parenting can add more complexity to the already challenging divorce process. Even if there is still conflict between you and your ex-partner, establishing a financial agreement is...

Helping Your Children Adjust to Life After Divorce

Helping Your Children Adjust to Life After Divorce

Divorce can be a difficult and emotional experience for everyone involved, but it can be especially challenging for children. As a parent, it's necessary to do everything you can to help your children adjust to the changes that come with divorce and move forward in a...

Marriage & Remarriage Tips

How Is Your Relationship Impacting Your Children?

How Is Your Relationship Impacting Your Children?

When you have children, they are the most important thing. There is nothing and nobody who should ever come before them and that includes your partner. This is not to say that you should not be doing things for your partner, and it doesn’t mean that you have to cave...

Moving On: Finding Love After Divorce

Moving On: Finding Love After Divorce

Even people who have never been through a divorce understand that it is one of life’s most stressful experiences. And that’s something that will become all too clear if you go through the process yourself. There’s very little easy about restarting your life after...

5 Tips to Remember When Getting Remarried

5 Tips to Remember When Getting Remarried

Congratulations on your decision to get remarried! Whether you're entering a second or third marriage, the process of blending two families together can be both exciting and overwhelming. Here are five tips to remember as you navigate the challenges and joys of...

How to be a Super Dad in 6 Simple Steps

How to be a Super Dad in 6 Simple Steps

Every parent wants to be a superhero in their child’s eyes. While parenting can be a frustrating experience, it’s also one that’s beautiful and filled with many rewards. So, how can you begin your journey to being a super dad? From preparing your child for the first...

Daddy Got Custody Podcast

DGC 006 – 05/19/18 The People’s Court, Judge & Jury System

DGC 006 – 05/19/18 The People’s Court, Judge & Jury System

Fred Campos, discusses the importance of your final court hearing. Can you win custody after the final? What is the typical flow of a judge or jury trial? Is it like television courtroom drama? Finally, he shares how to prepare for your final court hearing. What to do three months in advance, a week in advance and the day before. Life comes down to a few moments, your final day in court is one of them!

DGC 005 – 05/12/18 Moving Up the Food Chain, Dating, Remarrying & New Friends

DGC 005 – 05/12/18 Moving Up the Food Chain, Dating, Remarrying & New Friends

Fred Campos, @FullCustodyDad on Twitter, discusses and provides tips on dating after a divorce, thoughts, and considerations in regards to remarrying, what it takes to be a good step-parent, and the role and selection of new friends. Don’t repeat the pattern, take your relationships to a new level. Move up the food chain!

DGC 004 – 05/05/18 Custody Favors the Prepared Parent & Better Parent

DGC 004 – 05/05/18 Custody Favors the Prepared Parent & Better Parent

Fred Campos, @FullCustodyDad on Twitter, continues his weekly podcast with his fourth installment that discusses custody is usually won by being the most prepared parent (for court) and being the best parent. He describes five elements judges look for in the best parent and seven tasks of a prepared parent for court.

DGC 003 – 04/28/2018 Will the Real Perry Mason Please Stand Up

DGC 003 – 04/28/2018 Will the Real Perry Mason Please Stand Up

Fred Campos, @FullCustodyDad on Twitter, continues his weekly podcast with his third installment that advises parents on the reasons for hiring a child custody attorney. He goes on to explain the process of where to find good attorneys, how to hire them, and 20 interviewing questions to help you settle in on the best one.

DGC 002 – 04/21/2018 The Art of War, is It Worth the Fight (for Custody)?

DGC 002 – 04/21/2018 The Art of War, is It Worth the Fight (for Custody)?

Fred Campos, @FullCustodyDad on Twitter, continues his weekly podcast with his second installment that advises parents to take a serious stake in getting divorce, filing and fighting for custody. He tells stories on whether the custody pursuit is realistic and if so, what you should be doing first the moment you have decided to fight.

DGC 001 – 04/14/2018 Who is Full Custody Dad?

DGC 001 – 04/14/2018 Who is Full Custody Dad?

Fred Campos, @FullCustodyDad on Twitter, kicks off his weekly podcast by explaining his 20-year experience in dealing with the court system, how he gained full custody of his then 4-year-old daughter, and maintained custody until she went to college.

Product Reviews

Custody Road Review

[T]wo weeks ago, I was sitting in the living room playing with a little 16-month-old boy named Cole. I was paid to broker access to my client's house for two hours. The Ex-wife, who had falsely put a restraining order on the Dad, was preventing him from seeing his son...

Imagina Books – Educational Augmented Reality Books

In addition to helping parents with child custody, I also serve locally as a trustee in Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School district. So as you know I value education greatly. I've had a reader, Hisham Hosni, reach out to me and tell me about a project he is...

Divorce is Not the End of the World, Book Review

There are good books written to and for parents advising them on court proceedings and how-to regarding child custody in a divorce. There are also a few books written to parents focusing on issues kids face during the process. However few books are written by kids to...

Interviewing Your Daughter’s Date, Book Review

As an avid book reader, I am always looking for good custody books to help fathers. That said, now that my daughter is in her teenage years, I am gravitating more towards parenting books for dads. *hehe* This past May, I came across an excellent short read I would...

Boundaries in Marriage, Book Review

I am a big proponent of trying to keep friends out of divorce court. I am a believer in staying married, especially if you still have kids at home. One of my friends is struggling in his marriage. In our sessions, we are reading together, Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John...

Does Your Daughter Have Dad Hair? Book Review

As a custodial father of my then four now ten year old daughter, I frequently get asked, "Why do you have full or primary custody?"  My standard and honest answer is, "Because I am the better parent in almost ever area of our daughter's life."  From which I usually...

Where Am I Sleeping Tonight? Book Review

[A]s a child of divorce and a custodial parent of a blended daughter, I have experienced firsthand the confusion, frustration, and anger felt by children in co-parenting relationships.  With nearly 900,000 new divorces each year in America; moms, dads,...
Boundaries in Marriage, Book Review

Boundaries in Marriage, Book Review

I am a big proponent of trying to keep friends out of divorce court. I am a believer in staying married, especially if you still have kids at home. One of my friends is struggling in his marriage. In our sessions, we are reading together, Dr. Henry Cloud…

Does Your Daughter Have Dad Hair? Book Review

Does Your Daughter Have Dad Hair? Book Review

Dads, grandpas, uncles, and step-dads, I have stumbled upon a fantastic book called, “Does Your Daughter Have Dad Hair?” by Craig A. Lawrey. This 42 page, full color, extremely funny book, walks fathers through their daughter’s basic hair accessories, …

Where Am I Sleeping Tonight? Book Review

Where Am I Sleeping Tonight? Book Review

Three years ago their parents got a divorce. These brothers now spend shared time in two very different homes. They still struggle with their feelings about the breakup as Mom has remarried. The rules and routines are different at each residence.