All areas of legal practice have been impacted by COVID-19 closures and restrictions. However, the high emotions and challenging relationship dynamics involved in family law cases add another layer of difficulty to an already unprecedented time in the courts.

Parents were tasked almost overnight with working from home and home educating children. The added stress of the pandemic coupled with uncertainty about how everyday life and their legal cases would proceed intensified stress for families that already were unraveling. Separated and divorced parents are now handling shared custody when routines are out the window.

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