Dallas Divorce Law Blog by Michelle O'Neil

Dallas Divorce Lawyers note a similar trend to that in a recent Newsweek article.  Newsweek point to a trend nationally where divorcing couples are sharing equal time with their children as well as joint decision making.  The “standard” orders in a Dallas divorce involves parents making shared decisions regarding their children (such as what school they will attend or when to get braces) but the children live primarily with one parent and spend time with the other parent according to the Texas Standard Possession Schedule (current version 2008).  Increasingly, divorcing parents who are able to get along and co-parent their children are turning to a more equal possession schedule, such as a week-on/week-off type arrangement.  These arrangements work well as long as parents live close together, preferably in the same school district, and get along well enough to collaborate on homework, activities, and such things.  Parents who argue or cannot communicate do not do well with this type of arrangement.