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How Does Remarriage Affect Existing Orders After a Louisville Divorce

How Does Remarriage Affect Existing Orders After a Louisville Divorce

How does remarriage affect existing orders after a Louisville divorce?  What happens with issues such as child custody and visitation, child support and maintenance if a former spouse remarries?

A recent study by Pew Research provided interesting insight into the nature of families in Kentucky and across the United States.  In the 1960’s, over 73% of US children lived with two parents who were in their first marriage.  This dropped to 61% in the 1980’s and below 50% for the first time in 2014.  The study noted 26% of US children lived with a single parent (or shared parenting situation), 15% lived with two parents who were in a second or subsequent marriage, 7% had cohabiting parents and 5% had no parent in the home at all.  In essence, remarriage is a common issue in Louisville and across the country.

This leads to a natural question: How does remarriage affect existing orders after a Louisville divorce?  The answer depends upon the type of orders in place.  Generally speaking, maintenance obligations are often terminated by the remarriage of the recipient.  If the payor of maintenance remarries, the existing maintenance obligations remain in effect.  Child custody and visitation as well as child support can become a much more complex set of issues.

A lot will depend upon the age of the child(ren), the nature of the relationship between the child’s co-parents and perceptions of new partners coming into the mix.  In some cases, both of the child’s parents may agree to keep the same visitation schedule based upon a comfort level with a former spouse’s new partner and the situation within the new household.  In other cases, the remarriage of a parent sharing child custody and visitation can result in a substantial disagreement about the best interests of the child.

How will remarriage affect existing orders after your Louisville divorce?  What will happen to your existing maintenance, child support, child custody and visitation orders?  Every case is different.  However, this change could have a substantial impact on your life.  You need the experienced, proven advice and counsel of the divorce and family law attorneys at Dodd & Dodd.

We invite you to review the strong recommendations of our former clients and contact us or call 502-584-1108 to schedule an appointment with one of our experienced divorce and family law attorneys.