Marriage and Divorce

There are really only 4 major legal issues that need to be resolved during a divorce. Custody, visitation, support (Spousal/Child) and distribution of marital property. Custody In most divorces, both parents are given joint custody. This means both parents agree…
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It seems young women gain most of their expectations of marriage from romance movies and novels. Although some aspects of those stories are incredibly unrealistic (the man is always handsome and wealthy, and the woman is always beautiful, and romance…
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All too often these days many people think that marriage is the cure all for loneliness, happiness and the idea of finding a perfect soul match. Yeah that’ll happen and I have land to sell you in the middle of…
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The truth of the matter is that you don’t need an attorney for a divorce. It’s strongly suggested that you have one, especially when you have children and assets involved. If you can at all afford one or can work…
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The decision to end a marriage is complex and difficult, at best. However, as a divorce lawyer with more than twenty eight years of experience, I find that, far too often, the final unanswered question in the mind of an…
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Divorce is sometimes the only way to resolve differences between married couples. It is not something to take lightly. When all else fails then it is time to consider a divorce. When I divorced this last time I didn’t have…
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How Divorce Laws Differ in U.S. States: Fault vs. No Fault Grounds Divorce law is just a complex as all other areas of law, which means it’s very complicated indeed. Since these laws are set at the state level, differences…
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The ease of divorce does not make it too popular. Rather, it no doubt lowers the incidence of murder and other attrocious crimes. Getting married is too easy and more times than not, people know less about why they want…
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Spousal support, also known as alimony, can make the difference between having enough to live on and falling into poverty and it’s one of the foggiest, most uncertain and open-ended areas of divorce law in the U.S. How much support…
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Marriage is a legal contract between two people. While for many marriages, perhaps most, a prenuptial agreement is a good idea, it certainly ought NOT to be compulsory. For one thing, a prenuptial agreement is a contract too, meaning that…
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After his wife packed her things and moved out of his house, my father held on to a mythological belief that helped him to cope with the new change in his life. “None of this is legal yet. In fact,…
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I believe it would be wrong to force couples to sign a prenuptial agreement before they can get married. Enacting a law like this would send the wrong message to couples who are anticipating marriage. We need to find other…
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Yes, with the short-lived marriages today and the hostility that is becoming commonplace in the divorce courts over material things, prenuptial agreements should be made compulsory prior to the marriage agreement. We are no longer living in the days where…
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Good heavens! I should think not! As if the sanctity and long-term commitment of marriage is not already being seriously undermined in our society! To make prenuptial agreements compulsory would be like declaring that nothing is made to last these…
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Divorce is a seven letter word for division. A division of assets as well as family; a division of lives and hopes and dreams. Divorce usually leads to one partner or both losing their home, the biggest real estate most…
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A prenuptial agreement is just as important in some situations as premarital counseling. A few decades ago, the thought of either prior to saying “I do” was unheard of. Should it be a requirement? Of course not. But it should…
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Let me say an attorney is always a good idea, just pick the right one, and check with the court house to see how back up they are, because apparently there are a lot of divorces on the books. Isn’t…
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It’s not news that at least half of all marriages in the United States end in divorce. The statistic is proof it can be difficult to truly predict the outcome of 1 out of 2 marriages. Because of this, prenuptial…
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Divorce is the catalyst for great change in a person’s life. For many people it may come as a natural instinct to start looking for another partner, for others it can be a rather daunting experience to start dating again,…
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Prenuptial agreements make a statement of mistrust, no matter how practical they may sound. If anything should be compulsory for couples to have before they wed, it is marriage counseling. Counseling tends to reveal the challenges that may lie ahead…
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Divorce is not an easy thing to do. It stands to reason that it should not be an easy choice to make. When a person is considering divorce, you need to look at not only how it will affect you,…
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If there is anything I learned about marriage is that the dynamics of marriage is different from one couple to another. On the other side of the coin, the dynamics of divorce is different from one couple to another. That…
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You finally took off your wedding ring after months of not being able to bring yourself to even acknowledge that you weren’t married anymore. You even adjusted to being single, sort of. Are you ready to date? It seems like…
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The question of the decade is why are so many marriages ending in divorce? One is led to believe that the changing times have an enormous amount to do with this situation. Times were a bit simpler, calmer and more…
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Now you are divorced. You may have thought that divorce was going to be the solution to resolving the conflicts that existed in your marriage but divorce does not end conflicts; it just gives you a little space for dealing…
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Actually, I choose neither side, but since I had to make a choice, I am a wife. That said… Family friends are friends, even after a divorce. They shouldn’t be caught in the middle and asked to choose sides in…
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Divorce breaks up the family unit and no matter whose fault the break-up may have been, it is inevitable that dating will follow as each partner moves on in their lives, trying to establish new roots and new lifestyle with…
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“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh”. That is from the bible. The cleaving together of two separate individual to make one flesh is…
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There isn’t a definitive “husband/wife” answer to this question. There are so many variables in the question of, “Who gets to keep the friend” that the truest answer is, “It depends”. It depends on if the friend was a friend…
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The emotional stages of divorce are varied, depending upon your reasons for having a divorce in the first place. Those that end marriages are usually the strong ones that have made their own choices at the expense of the other….
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