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 […]

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 […]

Midlife Divorces

There seems to be a growing number of older (boomers) divorces according to a paper by the National Center for Family and Marriage Research at Bowling Green State University. This means that newly single older Americans are suddenly facing difficult financial issues, including funding their retirement. The first thing they have to face is dividing […]

Divorce Settlement Mistakes

During a divorce the emotional stress can make you just want to run away.  It is considered as emotionally overwhelming as the death of a parent or a spouse. When it is time to negotiate a settlement, sometimes you are too beaten down to focus on every facet of it. Financially this may be your […]