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 […]

Mobile Dating

Miss USA is not the only one Tindering! Tinder has taken on a whole new meaning as iPhone dating services look to capture the busy lifestyles and short attention spans of singles. It is the fastest growing iPhone dating app, which uses GPS technology to locate potential mates. The app can pull your photo (easy […]

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 […]

Your Social Image

If you are a savvy person,  you know to be careful what you post to Facebook and Twitter. You never want to post something that will come back to haunt you—even years later.  If you want to get an idea of the online identity that you’ve created to these and other social networks, you should […]

Family Breadwinner

Women are not only usually the primary caregivers in a family, but now they are increasingly the primary breadwinners too. Working Moms are the top breadwinners in more than 40 percent of American households with at least one child under 18. This is the highest rate in history, according to the Pew Research Center. Women’s […]

Digital Estate Planning

It’s hard enough to write a Will, deciding who should get what when you die, but you need to provide for your virtual possessions also. Digital assets  have value—sometimes sentimental, sometimes commercial—just like a piece of jewelry. There can be legal issues for your relatives when you die unless you do your digital estate planning […]

Internet Dating for Baby Boomers

Internet dating has long been thought of as only for the young, but when 71-year-old  Martha Stewart publicly announced that she was joining Match.com in an effort to find male companionship, that dynamic changed. Older people realized that they too could used the Internet dating sites to find a companion or mate. Boomers are the […]

Smartphone Addiction

“We have become slaves to our smartphones, distracted by every little ping while we fail to live in the now. It’s changing our brains, ruining our lives and turning us into an iZombie.”  —Kyle Smith If you can’t get any work done because you can’t stop checking your Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr,  texts, emails—or you can’t […]