Divorce: Inlaws or Outlaws

“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 […]

Marriage and Divorce

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 […]

Financial Infidelity

According to an NEFE  (National Endowment for Financial Education) study, a record 1 in 3 American is cheating on his or her spouse. This infidelity is financial, but it can be just as devastating as any other betrayal. From secret credit-card spending on fine dining to luxury items (including clothes and jewelry), beauty treatments (a […]

Cheaters and Infidelity

Do men really cheat on their spouses more than women do—or do they just get caught more often?  Men have always been the ones who are tagged as the “cheaters”—but today the genders are almost equally unfaithful—23% for men and 19% for women according to a professor of family relations at a University in Ontario. The […]

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 […]

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 […]