If you assumed primary parental responsibility for your children in a divorce or if the court awarded them to you after contested proceedings, your obligations to your children include providing them with housing, feeding them and making sure that they have clothing,...
Falsely accusing a partner of domestic violence is more common than you might think during a divorce. People think it will help them get a better divorce deal or custody of their children. If you do an image search for domestic violence, what mostly comes up are...
If you’ve just gone through a divorce or you’re still in the process, you’re about to experience the annual ordeal most divorced parents call “holiday visitation.” Do you think it’s too early to worry about how to handle the holiday schedule? It’s not. Unlike years...
One of the most common things that people say when they don’t want to get divorced is that they’re simply not going to sign the papers. Maybe you wanted to split up, for instance, and you told your spouse that you were going to end the marriage. You noted that you’d...
There's no getting around it; divorce is a trying and often painful adjustment for the entire family. For children, in particular, a divorce can feel like the end of the world. But while you likely have concerns regarding how you and your ex-spouse's split will impact...
When you tell your children that you’re getting a divorce, one of the first questions they’re likely to ask is where they are going to live. Even if they do not understand all of the adult reasons behind the divorce, they do know that it can change their living...
Do you remember when they used to give you a math question at school, with one element of the problem missing? For example, “blank” divided by two equals three. You had to work out what “blank” stood for. When it comes to dividing your property in a divorce, you need...
When a family court judge has to be the one to make a decision about custody, they will typically look at the family's situation carefully and use what they believe will be the child's best interests as the guiding consideration for every decision. Most kids benefit...
Families are complicated and sometimes messy, and one of the most complicated and messy situations a family may ever face is the process of divorce. During divorce, there are myriad factors that can affect determinations of child support. The legal relationship...
You can’t shake the feeling that your spouse is lying to you about something. Is it an affair? Are they hiding a gambling debt or an addiction? Are they quietly planning their exit from the marriage and just going through the motions in the relationship until they...
