Dismantling a Marriage

No one gets married with divorce in their minds. Unhappily, statistics show that half of all marriages will end in divorce. Facing a divorce, and the end of a marriage, is a traumatic event. It has been equated to the death of a parent. It is a very sad time in one’s life. It is […]

Co-Parenting

Being a parent is the hardest job in the world, especially in today’s world. Try throwing a divorce into the mix and it is really gets complicated. When you are married, you usually agree on how to parent your children—but when you are divorced everything can be a battle. So many co-parenting problems come down […]

Divorce After Adoption

No one gets married with divorce in mind.  So when a couple decides to adopt children, divorce is definitely not in their plans.  But life happens and sometimes a marriage just isn’t working, and the only thing to do is to get a divorce. When adoptive parents decide to get a divorce, it is the […]

The Marriage Dilemma

There are many reasons why the marriage rate has dropped drastically in the United States, and one may be the student-loan debt. A person who has graduated from a private university and borrowed money to pay his or her tuition could owe as much as $200,000. After graduating many cannot get a job and have […]

Be Thankful

Be thankful for what you have, you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.     —Oprah Winfrey

Divorce Mistakes

Some mistakes you should never make: 1. Send stupid, mean letters, text messages or emails to your so-to-be ex. All these will be saved and used against you later. 2. You need to prepare financially for the battle. If you don’t prepare, you won’t have a chance to improve your chances for success. 3. If […]

Ending Alimony

Some states are deciding on proposals to end alimony. Alimony has always protected the spouse who stays at home and takes care of the children and creates a home for the family. Most married mothers with children at home either don’t work or work less than full time. So if they get divorced, alimony is […]

Your Social Image

If you are a savvy person,  you know to be careful what you post to Facebook and Twitter. You never want to post something that will come back to haunt you—even years later.  If you want to get an idea of the online identity that you’ve created to these and other social networks, you should […]