Child Support: 5 Things Mothers Must Know

Child Support and Divorce

Divorce involves a lot of financial questions – will I get maintenance? How will we split up our assets? What about my children’s expenses? Child support answers that final question. Child support is the financial aspect of divorce that focuses on which spouse will pay a monthly amount to the other spouse to help raise…

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How to Talk to a Narcissist Without Going Crazy

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Narcissists function on a core frequency of mental dysfunction and psychological avoidance. They don’t want to heal, and they don’t want to change. They don’t want to grow. Therefore, they use a number of tactics to twist and distort reality, which almost always results in you being misperceived (that is, if you give them the…

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How to Find a Good Divorce Lawyer

How to Find a Good Divorce Lawyer

Getting a divorce can be a lonely, overwhelming process. Navigating it alone can make it even more frightening. If you, like a lot of women, experienced a power challenge in your marriage (perhaps your spouse handled all the finances, or was a bully, or hid things, or lied), these are still more reasons why you…

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My Husband Cheated, Now What?

My husband cheated now what

“My husband cheated. Now what do I do? My whole world has just imploded, and I don’t have a clue where to go from here.” It’s part of our flawed human nature to believe we can predict how we’d act in situations we’ve never been in. We can be so quick to assert the noblest…

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Will My Spouse Get My IRA in a Divorce?

Will my spouse get my IRA in a divorce?

Divorce can have a serious impact on your life and in particular your retirement plan. More often than not, when you go through a divorce, a large percentage of your shared assets include your retirement accounts. This often leads to the question, “Will my spouse get my IRA in a divorce?” In this article, I…

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Divorce Papers: What the Heck Are They?

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While no two divorces are exactly alike, one aspect always stays the same: the paperwork. You hear the term “divorce papers” casually thrown around all the time in movies, TV shows, or by gossipy neighbors. But what actually are divorce papers? It is tricky to know exactly what they are because it is such a…

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