divorce

It is common for parents to disagree strongly about where a child should be or what they should do. When parents are married, courts generally don't get involved in these disagreements unless a particular course of action poses a threat to the safety of the child....

Once you and your spouse get married, the law takes your legal relationship very seriously, especially when it comes to property. In the absence of a prenuptial agreement, most property that either of you owns becomes marital property, which you now both own as a...

Determining how to approach property division in divorce is rarely simple, especially when it comes to deciding which spouse (if either) keeps a marital home in the split. Homes count as marital property just as a savings account or any other asset that a couple might...

When divorce comes knocking at the door, spouses tend to think in terms of their own survival and long-term well-being rather than focusing on treating each other fairly or even within the bounds of the law. For many spouses, the process of divorce has a way of...

Many parents face great difficulty making the transition from being one family to raising their children separately after divorce. While the reasons may be obvious for this, it's not always clear when to accept some bumps in the road along the way and when another...

When parents split up and choose to divorce, it is often very difficult for children to transition to a new life with parents living in separate homes and in some cases separate cities or states altogether. When courts consider a custody dispute, they prioritize the...

Divorce often creates many areas of uncertainty for divorcing spouses, far beyond the instability of the dissolving relationship itself. Especially for couples who are both new to divorce, understanding the process and what to expect from it may seem overwhelming to...

After the dust settles on your divorce and custody agreement, you may find that the specifics of your arrangement simply do not work. In many cases, the circumstances that surround you while you negotiate your custody arrangement are not the circumstances that you...

After any major life change, it may take different people varying amounts of time to acclimate and find their footing. This is especially true for parents who divorce and must figure out how to effectively raise their child together. Of course, most divorced parents...

You’ve probably heard the statistics before. Fifty percent of all marriages end in divorce—and this number is on the rise.There is a common misconception that drafting a prenuptial agreement prior to tying the knot conveys an uncertainty that the marriage will last....