If, in the event of a divorce, there is a settlement agreement drafted and signed by both parties, it stipulates and sets forth how the parties will operate post-divorce. This includes assigning custody of the child or children, child support,…

By the time the divorce action gets entered into court, and the proceedings begin, it is not uncommon that one, or even both, of the spouses are either engaged in a new (or sometimes pre-existing) relationship, or at the very…

To many of those who are exploring options for divorce, Collaborative Divorce, a recent addition to the list of ways spouses can get divorced, sounds a lot like mediation. In some ways it IS like mediation, except that in a…

There are many common reasons why one of the spouses in a marriage cannot afford a divorce. By “afford a divorce”, I am speaking primarily about being able to afford to retain legal counsel. The reasons for this can vary,…

Many people who are preparing for divorce get anxious when they begin to think about incurred debt, both their spouses and their own, and if they will be responsible for paying this debt off once they are separated from their…

For a variety of reasons, a parent that is planning on receiving full custody of their child after a divorce may want to change the legal name of the child, specifically their last name, If it comes from the other…

The question of whether a mother or father is more likely to get full, sole custody of their child is an interesting one. In the late 1800’s, a legal principle in family common law, known as the Tender Years doctrine,…

Otherwise known as desertion, abandonment is a very common scenario in which one of the spouses, with no apparent cause or reason, abandons the other by way of essentially getting up and leaving either the household or their spouse alone…

When one spouse decides they can no longer be with their partner, and that they need a divorce, they are not always guaranteed that their spouse is on the same page. In fact, many partners who are not in favor…

When a married couple decides that the marriage must come to an end, they are not always destined to end up battling it out in front of a judge, with attorneys at their sides. An increasingly popular alternative is mediation,…