Divorce With Respect
Most weeks of the year, your children follow a routine dictated by the school and associated activities. When working out child custody in a divorce, you need to work around that routine. Yet, you must also remember some weeks of the year do not fit that pattern --...
Divorce is one of the most stressful events of anyone’s life. As such, with emotions high and so much on the line, it’s easy to make mistakes that can turn out to be extremely costly in the long run. If you have an impending divorce, there are a few things for you to...
When Bill and Melinda Gates recently announced their intent to divorce, the announcement may have caught many by surprise. Yet as more information surfaces, it appears that shock and surprise may have been the most surprising part of the divorce. As famous and public...
Until relatively recently, divorces in many U.S. jurisdictions needed fault. In other words, you would have had to prove that there was some kind of reason you wanted a divorce in most cases. Most contemporary divorces do not use any type of specific problem as their...
While establishing paternity does create a legal obligation for the father to financially support a child, it has so many more benefits. One of these is the improved likelihood that the father will become an active part of the child's life. The Children's Bureau lists...
Parental alienation often has an earlier onset than you may expect. Parents often do not notice the signs until it gets to a more dire stage, partially due to distraction from the divorce itself. Thus, by the time signs are obvious enough to notice clearly, the damage...
If you and your spouse contemplate divorce, you may wish to consider mediation as an alternative to a litigated divorce. FindLaw explains that mediation not only allows the two of you to maintain control of your lives, but also usually costs far less and takes less...
Social media offers millions of people like yourself the opportunity to post and share opinions, feelings and details about your life with others. However, if you are contemplating a divorce or currently dealing with the process, you might want to watch your social...
If you are thinking about ending your marriage, you may want to give some thought to pursuing spousal support. Doing so may allow you to maintain your current standard of living after your divorce concludes. If you are eligible for spousal support, also called...
Divorce is hard on everyone involved, and the effects on children, specifically, can be significant. Even during a low-conflict divorce, a child may struggle academically, relationship-wise and behavior-wise. Fortunately, there can be a decrease of negative effects if...
