Pro Se Divorce—Getting A Divorce Without An Attorney

If you and your husband are both in agreement on wanting a divorce, an uncontested divorce, and wanting to do it without involving attorneys, you can file for divorce yourselves and only pay the filing fees. This is called a “Do-It-Yourself” or “Pro Se” divorce from the Latin adjective meaning “for self,” that is applied […]

Virginia Divorce

Virginia is a mixed state regarding the grounds for divorce.  You can file for divorce in Virginia using No-Fault or Fault grounds. The No-Fault grounds for divorce are: On the application of either party if and when the husband and wife have lived separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for one year. […]

Contested Divorce—An Attempt To Prevent The Divorce

A Contested Divorce is where the responding party to the divorce objects to the divorce and attempts to prevent the filing party from getting the divorce. New York was the only state that still required fault grounds for parties to divorce until 2010. All other states have some form of no-fault grounds. Contesting a divorce […]

Getting A Divorce In Arkansas

Arkansas is a mixed state regarding the grounds for divorce. You can file for divorce in Arkansas using no-fault or fault grounds. The no-fault grounds for divorce are when the husband and wife have lived separate and apart from each other for eighteen continuous months without cohabitation. The court will grant an absolute decree of […]

Remarriage—Should You Do It?

Almost half of the marriages in the United States today end in divorce. Surprisingly, a large number of people remarry. (Some of them before the ink on the divorce decree has had a chance to dry!)  Should you do it? If you are thinking about taking the plunge, be sure to go in with your […]

The Reasons For Divorce Are Diverse

There are no hard and fast statistics on the reasons people get divorced. This is because divorce statistics are reported by county, and the various jurisdictions list them differently. The reasons for divorce are as diverse as the people who get married. The ten most frequent reasons for divorce are: Infidelity – many people argue […]

The Basics Of An Oklahoma Divorce

Oklahoma is a mixed state when it comes to filing for divorce. There are fault and no-fault grounds for filing the divorce. According to Oklahoma statute the grounds for divorce are: abandonment for one year, adultery, impotency, when the wife at the time of her marriage was pregnant by another than her husband, extreme cruelty, […]

Getting A Divorce In Ohio

Ohio is a mixed state regarding the grounds for divorce. You can file for divorce in Ohio using No-Fault or Fault grounds. The No-Fault grounds for divorce are: on the application of either party; when husband and wife have, without interruption for one year, lived separate and apart without cohabitation; or incompatibility, unless denied by […]