The Divorced Dad Blog

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Child Support When You Are Self-Employed

Courts do not use your taxable income. What gets added back, how variable earnings are averaged, what the other side will demand, and the move that always backfires.

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My Teenager Will Not Come to My House: What to Do

There is no age of choice, and no judge expects you to force a sixteen year old into a car. What the law says, which refusal this actually is, and the slow fix that works.

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Custody Schedules for Dads Who Work Shifts

Nights, 24 on 48 off, 7 and 7, long haul. Schedules built around your rota instead of a nine to five calendar, and how to write one a judge will sign.

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Military Divorce: What Service Members Need to Know

The pension rules everyone confuses, what deployment can and cannot cost you in custody, why BAH counts as income, and the protection most service members forget.

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OurFamilyWizard vs TalkingParents vs AppClose

Which co-parenting app courts actually name, which one is genuinely free, and how to pick in a minute. Plus how to get an unwilling ex to use one.

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Can’t Afford Child Support? What to Do First

File the modification today, because arrears cannot be reduced retroactively. What enforcement looks like, what to say to the state agency, and the mistakes that cost men years.

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How Child Support Is Calculated, Explained for Dads

The three formulas states use, what counts as income, how overnights change the number, and how to run your own calculation before you see a lawyer.

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Health Insurance After Divorce: What Dads Need to Know

Open enrollment, COBRA, and the 60-day deadline most men miss. How divorced dads keep coverage and sort out insurance for the kids.

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Two Homes, One Paycheck: How Divorced Dads Make It Work

Two households on one income is the hardest math of divorce. How to reset the budget, cut the bills that matter, and get help before debt piles up.

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Holiday Custody Schedules: Sort Them Out in October

How divorced dads split Thanksgiving, Christmas and winter break: the four common schedules, what your plan already says, and the email that settles it.

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