You and your girlfriend never got engaged or married. You didn’t feel like she was the right person for you to spend your life with. You broke up, and you thought that the relationship was behind you. Unfortunately, you didn’t know that she was pregnant at the time of...
When you decide to divorce, you’ll have immediate and ongoing concerns about the impact on your children. While this is something to strongly consider, it’s not a good enough reason to remain in a hopeless marriage. You need to do what’s best for you, your mental...
Going through a divorce is difficult, especially when you have a lot to lose. You have thousands of dollars in assets that you don’t want to divide with your spouse. You want to be treated fairly because you put all your time and money into the lifestyle you share...
We all understand that some couples simply cannot remain together. Doing so would only make an already awful situation even worse for parents and their kids. Unfortunately, children may not understand how splitting a family can make things better. It is up to parents...
Parents who don’t get along well after their divorce will have a long journey with child custody issues. While this is fairly normal, there are some instances in which divorced parents take things to an even worse-than-usual level of conflict. Parental alienation...
For many people, a family-owned business is a source of pride because it’s the fruition of hard work. Many people don’t realize that it can become a big challenge if the owners go through a divorce. While some individuals might have to determine whether one partner...
The business that your ex owns might have provided financial support for your family while you were still married. Now that you’re going through a divorce, they are suddenly claiming that the company isn’t making as much money as it was during the marriage. While...
Some adults assume that children of divorced parents are going to have many issues just because their parents split up. While this is what was believed in the past, it is now known that kids who have divorced parents can adjust well and thrive even though they live...
A lot has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people are sheltering at home and that is causing more cases of domestic abuse. The victims and their abusers are together with little opportunity to leave. Police departments in large cities are reporting increases...
Family structure in American has changed drastically from the traditional “nuclear family” of the 1940s. 2016 census data reveal that 69% of children under 18 lived with two parents, a big drop from 93% in 1950. This upward trend in single fathers and mothers reflects...
