Going through a divorce brings about many uncertainties and potential issues. One of your primary concerns during the divorce process will likely be your future finances, especially if you are not employed and stay at home to look after your children. Since your...

If you have children and are getting divorced, one of your biggest worries will be how it will affect them. You may have heard tales about how it can cause well-adjusted kids to become rebellious dropouts. Or perhaps you have seen a friend’s child become withdrawn and...

You and your spouse have a dog together. You adopted it a few years ago, and it has grown with your family. Today, you both feel a connection to your pet, so you both want to keep it after your divorce. This is a complex situation that many couples have trouble with....

Something that you’ve always prided yourself on was being able to maintain your career while raising a family. You’ve worked hard, and you’ve been the parent that your children needed, too. You never expected that your spouse would decide to divorce you, but now that...

It seems like almost everyone is on social media these days. You. Your children. Your parents. Your grandparents. Ten or 15 years ago, it was a bit more of a niche activity, often confined to college students, but the world has changed. The truth is that most American...

One of the biggest reasons marriages continue past their sell-by date is simple economics. One, or both parties, cannot afford to separate. Even if a couple can scrape together the money to pay for the legal process of divorce, the prospect of living a financially...

Your divorce went smoother than you thought it would. You and your wife managed to come to a civil agreement on everything, without resorting to litigation. Your children seem to have coped okay too. The child custody arrangement where they live with their mom during...

Parental alienation syndrome (PAS) is a phrase coined in the 80s by psychiatrist Richard Gardner. It has a fancy name that makes it sound like a scientifically proven thing. It is a more authoritative-sounding way of saying someone is brainwashing your child or trying...

The property division process of a high-asset divorce is often one of the most complex things aspects. While this is difficult in a lot of cases, it gets even more so when there’s a family business. There are a few things that you have to consider if you’re in this...

One of the most important things that parents who are divorcing have to do is come up with a parenting plan that puts the kids first. This isn’t always easy, partly because of the emotions that are so raw during the divorce. You have to be able to put those aside so...