How Much Does a Divorce Cost in New York City?
Preparing for the total financial cost is one of the most critical and daunting factors in planning for a divorce. While the average price for a lawyer-led divorce in the United States is approximately $7,000 – $11,0001 (and usually stems from a more heavily contested case), the national average cost of an uncontested, Do It…
Read MoreWhich States Have the Shortest Residency Requirement to Divorce (and Which Ones, the Longest?)
Figuring out where to file for divorce can be tricky. Each state has different rules and timelines that dictate who is eligible to file for divorce in that specific state. In this article, we’ll be providing insight as to what the most common requirements are to file for divorce, which states have the longest residency…
Read MoreFinding Clarity in Your Divorce Chaos
How do you see straight? If you are looking for a particular kind of divorce help — finding clarity in the midst of your chaos — you would think it’s a normal question to be asking, a worthy goal, an actual state you could attain if you just put the time in or found the…
Read MoreMarital 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…
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