Child Custody during the Coronavirus Pandemic
For the last five months, COVID-19 has changed most people’s “normal” routines. For a parent, keeping their child safe and healthy during the pandemic is a major concern and change, and parents want to safeguard their child and themselves from the virus. Nonetheless, a divorced or separated parent has an added pressure of coordinating COVID-19 precautionary measures with the child’s other parent. In an ideal situation, where divorced or separated parents have a healthy relationship, they likely can agree on protections and trust one another to exercise those precautions. Further, if a child is more susceptible to complications from the virus,