New Year’s Resolutions

Many of us start off the new year by making New Year’s resolutions.  It’s a great tradition that has gone on forever. Unfortunately, most of the “resolutions” we make we will never keep. The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to think about how we’d like to improve our lives. Don’t set your […]

It’s Never Too Late

On November 13, 2012, in Blog, Divorce Advice, Divorce Information, Prepare for Divorce, by Leslye

“It’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit. Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best […]

Dirty Tricks

Some husbands and their divorce teams will do anything to gain the upper hand in a divorce. They can play some really dirty tricks to make sure you are beaten down emotionally and financially. Don’t think these things don’t happen. They happen every day, especially when the divorce is a financially complex one.   These […]

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 […]

Internet Privacy

There is no such thing as Internet privacy!  And there is no escaping the fact that the Internet knows more about you than you’d like. Your life is an open book. When someone Googles your name they can find out much more about you than you’d want. But Google doesn’t tap into the extensive world […]

Treat Divorce Like A Business Deal

You need to treat your divorce like a business deal—because that is the way your husband will.  A marriage is nothing more than a contract. Divorce is nothing more than the dissolution of that contract. Do your research! Read “The Divorce Survival Guide for Women” to learn every aspect of the divorce process. Read the […]

Pre-Prenups

Cohabitation in the United States has increased by more than 1,500 percent in the past half century. In 1960 about 450,000 unmarried couples lived together. Today the number is more than 7.5 million. The majority of young adults will live with someone in a romantic relationship before they marry; and more than half of all […]

Child Custody

On June 13, 2012, in Blog, Divorce & Children, Divorce Advice, Prepare for Divorce, by Leslye

When parents are getting a divorce, whose needs should be more important—those of the parents or those of the children? When parents divorce, their child custody plans are supposed to put the “best interests of the child or children” first. Children’s needs change as they grow. Unfortunately, the way the child custody schedules are they […]