Yes, divorce can be contagious. An April 2014 joint study from Brown University, Yale University and the University of California, San Diego, found that people are 75 percent more likely to be divorced if one of their friends is divorced. Copycat divorces usually occur because someone is unhappy in their marriage and wishes they were […]
Few people plan to die young—and almost everyone assumes they will live a relatively long time. Nothing brings reality into sharper focus than hearing about a family who suffers financially as a result of poor financial or estate planning. The death of Philip Seymour Hoffman in 2014, who passed away suddenly and unexpectedly, brings this […]
“You can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your family.” What happens to your extended family when you get a divorce? When children are involved, they are still your children’s grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. They are still theirs and yours extended family. Just because you divorce your husband or wife doesn’t mean that […]
Groucho Marx once said “Marriage is the chief cause of divorce.” But choosing not to get married doesn’t mean you won’t ever go through a painful breakup, it does mean that you won’t have to get a divorce if it happens. Divorce rates are decreasing because marriage rates are decreasing. Many couples decide to live […]
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 […]