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Single Parents Bearing The Burden of COVID 19

by Merrilee Parr | Aug 7, 2020 | Child Custody, Family Law

Can the Courts Help Single Parents with COVID 19 In my experience in the field of family law there is usually one parent who is the “go-to” parent; the one who stays home with the kids when they are sick from school, arranges and goes to the children’s doctor...

Return to sender

by Staff | Jan 16, 2019 | Child Custody

Parental kidnapping spikes around the holidays By MARC STEWART Staff Writer, Coeur d’Alene Press One of the unpleasant realities of divorce is that parents who share custody of their children often have to spend the holidays without their kids. The mom or dad...

The Fight For Grandparents’ Rights

by Merrilee Parr | Dec 17, 2018 | Child Custody, Family Law, Grandparent's Right

Editor’s note: The identities of the individuals featured in this story are being withheld to protect the children involved in this custody case. A few years ago right before Thanksgiving, a North Idaho grandmother got a phone call from concerned educators at a local...

Grandparent’s Rights- Now We Have Some

by Merrilee Parr | Dec 17, 2018 | Best Interests of the Child, Child Custody, Family Law, Grandparent's Right, Visitation

Editor’s note: The identities of the individuals featured in this story are being withheld to protect the children involved in this custody case. When I first started my practice over 20 years ago, I was approached by one of my first clients who was a new grandmother...

Summer Vacation and Child Custody

by Merrilee Parr | May 22, 2015 | Child Custody, Family Law, Visitation

Summer vacation is right around the corner and parents need to be alert to changes in child custody It’s during the summer that one parent takes changing the custodial schedule or visitation schedule into his or her own hands. Often, this change is prompted by a...

Are you concerned about the well-being of your grandchild?

by Merrilee Parr | May 14, 2015 | Child Custody, Family Law, Grandparent's Right

Not too long ago there were very few avenues available to grandparents who cared for or had concerns for the well-being of their grandchildren. However, since opening my practice in 1997, there have been significant changes in the law regarding grandparents rights in...