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COVID PARENTING

7/10/2020

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With graduation upon us, many divorcing parents are wondering, what if my child has a game or performance and it’s not during my parenting time.  Can I go? Regardless of which parent has designated parenting time when, we think either parent should be able to attend his/her child’s events.  Parents do not necessarily have to sit together, although it is nice if you can so your child does not have to choose which direction to look first for which parent, but you both can go.  If a graduation or a school play falls during one parent’s parenting time, the other parent is still able to attend.

This is something that is standard and stressed in all of Westfield Mediation’s Memorandum of Understanding agreements.  Now, in the age of COVID-19, each parent can merely join the live stream or click on the Zoom link, like all parents do, regardless of their marital status and living situation.  You blend right in with the countless other squares watching the virtual school concert or graduation ceremony.  You can sit socially distant from your co-parent with your mask on at the next soccer game.  No one is judging you.  You blend in with all of the other masked attendees sitting six feet apart.
 
Still, eventually when life returns to in-person attendance without social distancing at your children’s events, you can rest assured that the mediators at Westfield Mediation made it clear when you were getting divorced that the more involved both parents are the better, regardless of parenting time.  Either parent may attend any and all events regarding the children.  This is clearly stated in their divorce agreement. 
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For more information on divorce and divorce mediation, please contact Randi M. Albert, JD, or Michelle Weinberg, M. Ed., Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, at Westfield Mediation, LLC at 908.913.0373.  View our website at www.westfieldnjmediation.com or email us at info@westfieldnjmediation.com. 
 
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    Michelle Weinberg, M.Ed.,LMFT, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with many years of experience working with couples.

    Randi M. Albert, JD, is an attorney with experience in family law and public service.

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