Your client, a divorced parent, is planning their first holiday season under new co-parenting arrangements. As an attorney, the single best piece of advice you can give your client is this: If the client anticipates a legal dispute or disagreement with their former partner, try to iron it out now. Importantly, be realistic about what issues are truly legal ones and what issues are more psychological ones. Hurt feelings and poor communication abound. While the psychological issues will take time to resolve —- if ever —- the legal ones may need to be addressed immediately or should be strategically delayed.