Everyone, especially someone who has recently gotten a divorce, should do their estate planning. The first thing you need to do is to take stock of your assets and liabilities. This can include a list of the value of your home or apartment and other physical assets; recent statements from your bank and brokerage accounts; […]
Cohabitation in the United States has increased by more than 1,500 percent in the past half century. In 1960 about 450,000 unmarried couples lived together. Today the number is more than 7.5 million. The majority of young adults will live with someone in a romantic relationship before they marry; and more than half of all […]
When we get married we have a ceremony and celebration—a wedding. So why not have a ceremony and celebration to untie the knot and bonds of a marriage? A ceremony to release you from the vows and promises you made. A ceremony can be personal and spiritual to help the couple and their families move past […]
Every woman should prepare for divorce while they are happily married. This may sound cynical, but if a divorce doesn’t happen to you and you live happily ever after, then you have lost nothing. But if life throws you a curve ball and a divorce does happen to you, it will have been the most important thing […]
In an age of dual incomes, alimony payers want states to update divorce laws. Traditionally, alimony or maintenance was designed to prevent divorced women who did not work and were less educated from falling into poverty. In today’s world a majority of women work and nearly a third have college degrees. But, even today, divorce is […]
Starting a relationship with someone going through the divorce process can be very difficult. Usually a man who is separated or getting a divorce is looking for some sort of fulfillment from a new relationship—but that rarely lasts once the divorce is finalized. A lot of things play into the equation. Did she initiate the divorce […]