There Is Life After Divorce
Is there life after divorce? The answer is a resounding YES, although it seems that it is harder for men to cope with life after divorce, especially if it was a long-term divorce than it is for women. The kind of life you have after divorce depends in large part on you, but there are […]
Equal Parenting—Parents Share Equally
There are two different concepts of equal parenting. In a marriage, equal parenting is when both parents work together to insure that the children spend as much time with one parent as they do the other. Parents share equally in discipline, schooling, getting children to and from the places they need to be—and in the […]
Divorce Strategies Start Before You Say “I Do”
To the more romantic among us, this will sound cynical but the best divorce strategies start before you say “I Do.” Romantic marriage, the idea of marrying for love, is a concept born out of the industrialized age when wealth became more widespread. There was a time when marriages were made for property, protection, and […]
Divorce Public Records
Divorce is a very personal process. Unfortunately, records related to divorce are not, they are part of the public record like other civil proceedings. Some information about divorces are readily published in public sources like the legal section of the newspaper along with notices for sheriff sales, auctions, public hearings and bids and proposals. There […]
What Is A Divorce Financial Analyst?
What is a divorce financial analyst? A divorce financial analyst is a professional trained to analyze financial issues in divorce. Divorce financial analysts can be certified like certified public accountants. They are also called forensic accountants. A divorce financial analyst will help you better understand such financial issues as: What constitutes marital property; How to […]
Divorce Is As Devastating As The Death Of A Parent
Marriage is an emotional, physical, and financial commitment that we make to a person that is supposed to last forever. The dissolution of a marriage, divorce, is like a death. It is as emotionally devastating as the death of a parent. It is the death of your relationship. In coping with divorce, you should treat […]
Many Consequences of Divorce
There are many consequences of divorce. They seem to fall into several categories. Emotional fallout: There are emotional consequences for everyone involved in divorce, despite stereotypes that seem to suggest men go on to the next “trophy wife” and the ex-wife languishes in despair. Divorce represents the failure or death of a relationship. A person […]
Common Law Marriage—Informal Marriage
Common Law Marriage sometimes called informal marriage or marriage by habit and repute is historically a form of interpersonal status in which a man and a woman are not legally married. Legally in this sense means that the marriage did not occur by having a religious or civil ceremony, nor did the couple obtain a […]