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You can speed up your Rhode Island Divorce by getting together information that you’ll need to get your divorce package completed for filing.

What my clients find the most troublesome is the Certified copy of the Marriage Certificate which they normally must obtain for a cost from Bureau of Vital Statistics for the State in which they were married in or from the local Town Clerk’s Office vital records department in the Town or City they were married in.

If you want to speed up your Rhode Island Divorce you may want to obtain this document in advance if it’s at a location you can’t just hop in your car and drive to get. It may take as much as two (2) to four (4) weeks for some states to process your request for the certified copy of your marriage license and they may wait until your check clears as well.

Costs vary for this request. The most recent client experience I had involved a written request by check and took about two weeks but the client paid a fee to expedite the request and it cost about $43.00. In my humble opinion, that’s a bit pricey for a single sheet of paper reprinted and mailed to you.

Sadly, about one-third of it wasn’t even legible.

One thing to remember when obtaining a certified copy of your marriage certificate for your Rhode Island Divorce. The Marriage Certificate or Certificate of Marriage that you receive from a religious institution is not sufficient to satisfy the requirements of Rhode Island Law when filing your Rhode Island Divorce complaint. It MUST be the Marriage Certificate that ends up being filed with the State in which you were married. This normally contains vital information about your family history such as your parents names, your maiden name, your date of birth, etc…..

You will also want to read my article regarding the checklist for a Rhode Island Divorce. Having things in order and things ready to go is the best way to get things moving quickly and keep them moving.

Let’s face it, a court is just like any other governmental agency, it runs on paperwork. If you have the right paper and you file it at the right time then you’ve mastered half the battle. Yet if you miss a crucial document that is required by the court and you can be sitting their puzzled trying to figure out what is going on.

Unfortunately there is more to a divorce than forms. Divorce relates to laws that involve taxation, equitable distribution, capital gains, premarital property, tax deductions, placement of children, alimony, child support and much more. . . and without knowing the law that goes with the forms . . . . as well as the timing of those forms . . . then you could be spinning your wheels.

Yet in the end, whether you have a lawyer or not it’s important to have your information, especially your certified copy of your Marriage Certificate, and your other vital information ready for any form that’s needed.

By: Christopher Pearsall

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Every parent that has a child or children and splits up from their husband, wife or partner has the same concern and question. These are child custody questions. They want to know and should research what will go on in the battle for child custody. You should try and work out between yourselves a child custody agreement you both can live with. Otherwise the custody battle can get ugly.

The judge when hearing a case about the custody of a child wants to know first and foremost, which parent is really putting the child’s best interests first and doing their best to keep their kids out of the custody fight. The she said this and he said that approach is a sure way to loose favor with the courts as judges hate that . By developing a plan and having a history of putting the child or children first will really go a long way to winning favor in the courts.

Another child custody question is visiting rights for the parent that does not have custody. These rights are determined by the courts. The schedules for visitation can vary a great deal depending on the circumstances. A typical schedule could be anything depending on the work hours of the parents. It could be every other weekend, 4 weeks in the summer, every weekend etc. Having both parents in the lives of the children is always in the best interest of those children. Unless of course there was some kind of abuse going on.

In the case of parent who commits violence visitation may be allowed, but only if the judge believes that certain measures can be taken to make sure the child is going to be safe. This may consist of visits that are supervised.

When you have child custody questions it is always a good idea to consult a lawyer. The lawyer has taken an oath to take you, his/her clients interests , and promote them. This is even if it effects the interests of others. Before seeking the services of a lawyer, there is something you can do. Do research on your own. This will give Ideas and have you better prepared for the long road ahead. I am all for joint custody unless it puts the child in danger from one of the parents. One parent being absent from a child’s life sets up this situation. The parent with custody is left to do all the work raising the child and disciplining them. The parent who does not see their child or children that much is usually seen as the “fun one.”

By: William Rigby

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