When a child is born to unmarried parents, the father must take specific steps to legally establish paternity. This process grants the father legal rights and ensures the child can benefit from financial support, inheritance rights, and access to the father’s medical...
Paternity And Custody
3 ways children benefit when they have involved fathers
Children thrive when they have involved fathers. Fathers play a key role in the development of their children. When fathers participate in their children’s lives, children tend to do better in many areas. This involvement impacts their emotional, social and...
The Importance Of Self-Care For Divorced Fathers
Divorce is complex and challenging in every way. It impacts every area of your life, so it is important to prioritize yourself. You need the internal resources to confront life and be prepared for whatever comes your way. It is hard to focus on oneself when managing...
How to establish paternity in Nebraska?
When a child is born out of wedlock, the establishment of parentage must occur for the child to receive support and benefits from his or her father. Current laws allow both the mother and the assumed father the right to establish paternity if they wish to do so. In...
Joint custody could be beneficial for your family
The end of your marriage will affect every member the family. One of your goals during this process may be to minimize the potentially detrimental effects of a divorce on your kids by giving them to the opportunity to maintain a strong relationship with both parents....
Fathers and child support obligations
Like any other parent, you want what is best for your children. This means ensuring they have the security and care they need after your divorce, which may include financial support. As a father, it is in your interests to learn about child support, your potential...
The following factors affect the outcomes of custody cases
Are you preparing to go through a divorce, or are separating from a significant other to whom you were never married? Do you share children with your ex? If you do, you may find that figuring out child custody arrangements is more challenging than you expected. The...
Can’t co-parent? Parallel parenting may be the right choice.
Divorce is often a highly contentious process, and two Nebraska parents may not be able to work closely together after this process is final. While a co-parenting custody arrangement may be the ideal situation for the children, this requires two parents to work...
Cooperating with a co-parent means finding common ground
One of the most difficult aspects of a divorce is making a child custody arrangement work smoothly, especially if the two parents do not get along. For many Nebraska families, co-parenting offers the opportunity to provide children with peace of mind and stability...
Should You Pursue Both Legal And Physical Custody?
Getting custody of your kids may be one of the most important legal procedures you’re ever involved in. Being able to play a major role in raising your kids is very significant and that starts with having custody in some form. But you might not realize there is more...

