Should I file for divorce now or later?
Layoffs, shutdowns, reduced work hours and childcare challenges have affected nearly everyone’s lives over the past year due to the pandemic. For couples already experiencing marital difficulties when the stay-at-home orders began, life became even more complicated. With 2021 in full swing and vaccines bringing the promise of life returning closer to normal later this […]
Could children benefit from their parents divorcing?
When people talk about the effects of divorce on children, the focus is almost always on the negative. Children might lash out, develop anxiety, become alienated from their parents or start struggling at school. However, those short-term hiccups in happiness and behavior don’t need to dominate the conversation about the effect of divorce on children […]
Why people in the LGBTQ community need to create an estate plan
Anyone old enough to have a spouse, a home, children and/or significant personal property should probably have an estate plan or at least a will. However, a lot of people put off the process because the probate courts can at disburse their property if they die without a will. Intestate succession is the way that […]
Mistakes to avoid after your divorce
Divorce can best be seen as an opportunity for growth. Learning from your mistakes can be a way to turn a divorce from something that could feel like the loss of a dream and a failure into a springboard to a happier future. That only works, however, if you avoid some of the biggest post-divorce […]
How to reduce divorce stress
A divorce is one of the most stressful situations a person can go through. Did you know that even the human body has a negative response to divorce? Studies have shown that the stress of a divorce can compromise the immune system, which leaves people at a greater risk of illness. The more stressful your […]
The financial implications that women don’t anticipate when they divorce
An online survey conducted by Worthy in 2018 captured how 46% of divorcing women noted that the end of their marriage brought with it some unexpected financial consequences. At least 22% of the 1,785 women polled by researchers were 55 or over. What factors tended to catch these divorcing women off guard more than others? A lack […]
These are 2 possible impacts of your grey divorce
As you get older, your life changes. You may start to think about what you want to do in retirement or about starting a new career. If you and your spouse aren’t on the same page, then part of moving forward may be letting go of your relationship. If you have decided to get a […]
Can you have a low-conflict divorce?
One concern that people often have when facing divorce is the prospect of having a high-conflict case. They do not want to go through that, they don’t want to put their children through it, and they really hope they can keep conflict to a minimum while focusing on reasonable results regarding child custody, property division […]
What should you tell your children during your divorce?
When getting divorced, some parents decide to keep as much information as they can away from the children, believing that they are protecting them from a stressful adult situation. Others decide to tell the children all of the details, believing that full honesty is the best policy, even if the children are young. What you […]
Marriage is just a legal contract
People talk about marriage often in glowing terms, focusing only on what happens between the two people in more of an emotional sense. They talk about dedication or how it is a commitment to one another. They talk about getting married because they fell in love and want to spend their lives together. Rarely, though, […]