Category: Divorce & Separation

The holidays are a wonderful time of year, but they also can be very stressful. In fact, divorce filings usually increase right after the holidays. Follow these tips to keep from derailing your family fun: Control spending. While it is tempting to try to buy happiness, the truth is that more gifts do…

Now that we have entered fall, it’s time for kids to go back to school, stow away the summer clothes and get ready for the holidays. But according to a recent study by a U.K. law firm, the end of summer break is when one-fifth of couples file for divorce. A…

You see it in the movies all the time. Husband thinks wife is cheating; he hires a private investigator to follow her around to catch her in the act. But today, couples don’t necessarily need a personal Sherlock Holmes to discover their spouse’s indiscretions. Vast amounts of incriminating data may be…

Divorces that arise from infidelity can be especially painful. Some people are entirely shocked when they learn that a spouse has cheated, but often divorce lawyers hear clients say that they suspected something was going on behind the scenes. People seeking divorce may wonder if it’s legal to seek proof…

Americans by and large consider divorce an acceptable decision, according to recently released results from a Gallup poll. Gallup’s annual Values and Benefits survey asked more than 1,500 Americans to rate the moral acceptability of 20 behaviors, including affairs, divorces, gay marriage, doctor-assisted suicide and unmarried women having babies. Cheating was the No….

A new one-day divorce program has become a hit in one California county, according to the Sacramento Bee. Couples are flocking to the courthouse where law students are helping them obtain “express checkout divorces” which allow for a quick dissolution of the marriages without costly and sometimes messy litigation. North…

Women aren’t the only people who receive alimony. In earlier decades, that was a common assumption because men were generally the main breadwinners and women worked in the domestic realm, raising children and maintaining the household. But economic, social and cultural changes in the American landscape over the decades have…

A commission has recommended considerable revisions to New York’s alimony laws, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports. The proposed reforms in New York come at the same time that many states, including North Carolina, are considering changes to their alimony laws. The Law Revision Commission suggests that New York state lawmakers…

One of the biggest myths in American culture is that being single means being depressed and lonely. While that is certainly the case at times, a new study from the University of Michigan suggests that being unmarried may be much better for your mental health than being with an unsupportive…

A legal debate over whether court documents in NASCAR CEO Brian France’s divorce should be made public ended last week when officials unsealed more than 3,000 records, the Washington Post reports. The documents revealed that Brian and Megan France, who ended their second marriage in 2008, argued over money and…