Marital Property and Nonmarital Property: The Unforeseen Differences
It is no secret that divorce can be messy—especially when it comes to dividing marital assets. Typically, the aftermath of divorce leaves people with less income and more debt than they had while married—causing many to suffer financially. Unfortunately, this is even more true for women. According to one study from the U.S. Government Accountability…
Read MoreWhat Are You Telling Yourself After the Affair Has Ended?
What do you do when your world implodes and the love you thought would last is suddenly gone? I’m not talking about your marriage. I’m talking about your affair. What do you do after the affair has ended? Affairs, like people, come in all shapes and sizes. They begin and end for different (though, interestingly,…
Read MoreThe 4 Biggest Legal Issues You Might Face in Divorce
Each and every divorce is unique in its own way. That being said, there are certain legal issues that just about every single divorce proceeding deals with. You might not know that, because the phrases or words your divorce attorney uses, or the way the legal issues are presented in your research, or the documents…
Read MoreFault Divorce vs. No-Fault Divorce: What You Need to Know
One aspect of a divorce that can be difficult to fully understand is the legal concept of fault. Now you can probably point to many faults that led to the end of your marriage, like emotional abandonment, drifting apart, or poor communication, etc. So, it’s unlikely you’d define the end of your marriage as no-fault…
Read MoreYour “Surprising” Divorce After 30 Years of Marriage
There was a time when every year of marriage was faithfully attached to a specific kind of gift: paper, silver, gold, emerald, or diamond. The tradition not only kept a long list of industries dropping rose petals down the aisle to the bank. It also made metaphorical references to the various stages – and challenges…
Read MoreSpousal Support, Alimony, and Maintenance: Who Gets It?
Spousal support goes by a lot of different names in the world of divorce law: maintenance, alimony, and spousal support can all be used interchangeably. Maintenance is the more modern, most common term that courts use today, though the concept of maintenance has been around for quite some time. In fact, the idea of alimony…
Read MoreThe Top 5 Frequently Asked Questions About Divorce
One of the most daunting parts of a divorce is not knowing – not knowing the answers to questions, not knowing the steps to take, not knowing what to do first, and surely, not knowing the big and small outcomes of your every move. This article will review five common or frequently asked questions about…
Read MoreBad Marriage: The Real Impact and What to Do About It
Good, bad, fantastic, toxic, perfect, insufferable. We are all guilty of tossing around descriptors as if our personal interpretations are facts. Descriptions of relationships are no different. New partners are somehow always “perfect” in the beginning. But then, fast forward years past “I do,” and those same can-do-no-wrong destiny-makers are suddenly bad marriage antagonists. As…
Read MoreDivorce Laws in the United States: Then and Now
While divorce today has become rather common, it was once considered a taboo practice—prohibited by law in much of recorded history. And while there were some exceptions to this ancient rule, divorces were very rare and difficult to obtain—especially for women. Let’s take a look at divorce laws in the United States in particular, and…
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