Marriage and the IRS

After you get married, be sure to notify the IRS if you are changing your name (not everyone does).  Also advise them of a change in your address if you are moving.  You can miss getting your tax refund if they don’t have the correct address. Marriage can result in numerous tax changes.  If you are […]

Divorce On Hold

The recession has encouraged marriages to improvise, because they have no choice.  Since the financial collapse in 2008 many semi-happy, but not totally miserable, couples have stayed together because they can’t afford to get divorced.  Or they can’t sell their homes or would lose too much money if they did.  So they continue to live together, […]

The Future of Marriage

Is there a future in marriage?  A Pew poll in 2010 found that a whopping 50% of young Americans, and 40% of all Americans, believe that marriage is becoming obsolete. There are others who want to revive the “traditional” marriage, get rid of no-fault divorce laws and change the attitudes about marriage. It is interesting that at […]

Married Couples

The Census Bureau has reported that in 2010 only 48 percent of American households were represented by married couples.  This is the first time that figure has dropped below 50 percent.  This is down from 78 percent in 1950—the days of “Ozzie and Harriet” are gone.  Just a fifth of households were traditional families—married couples […]

A Happy Marriage

This is advice to anyone planning to get married:  Make sure that the person you are getting married to has the traits you are looking for in a partner.  Don’t get married thinking that he or she will grow into being that ideal partner.  It usually doesn’t happen. People don’t change, and you can’t change […]

Our Court System

Our court system can be corrupt—the attorneys and the judges!  Only when people start demanding changes from their legislators, and when they realize they have the power to make changes, then we will see something being done! The expression “you can’t fight city hall” is the position a person getting a divorce is in today.  If […]

Web Data

Your everyday life, much of which takes place online, is a growing supply of personal information for whoever wants it.  Marketers, employers, thieves and stalkers, and even suitors are able to piece together mosaics of who we are. Even when the information  is accurate, it’s really none of their business! You can check out your […]

Online Privacy

Unfortunately, there is no such thing as online privacy.  The drive to make money from your personal information is greater than online advertising. Many companies sell every bit of personal information they have about you in exchange for pennies. There is a huge marketplace for personal information.  The biggest threat to privacy is the packaging and sale […]