The first step for a couple to take when seeking an amicable divorce is to mutually agree that their marriage should end. When a husband and wife decide to call it quits, the process in terminating their marriage is known as an uncontested divorce. As the name suggests, in this type of divorce, neither party objects to end the union.... Read More
A divorce can have a powerful emotional effect for both parties involved. The pressures of seeking new housing, reevaluating finances and other factors changed by a marriage termination can cause one to react irrationally. Although not always the case, the court can evaluate the behavior of the two divorcing parties to determine custody during the proceeding and these evaluations can... Read More
Domestic violence is a cruel reality that annually consumes marriages and relationships by the thousands. It is a method of abuse enforced by spouses to control and manipulate their partners. Domestic violence is a violent concoction of fear, pain and even torture inside the home. Women, or men, who can no longer bear the torment, file for divorce to free... Read More
In the United States and other developed nations, the divorce rate for all married couples is just below 50 percent. Surprisingly, 60 percent of second marriages and 73 percent of third marriages end in divorce as well. Which factors lead to these high statistics? A couple emotionally drifting apart, adultery and incompatibility can all contribute to a marriage annulment. How... Read More
Although both prenuptial and postnuptial agreements generally serve the same purpose, the two are drafted at different points in the marriage. The former, more commonly known as prenups, are formulated prior to a marriage. They list the items a couple planning to marry wish to keep for themselves individually, rather than having a court decide, in the possibility that the... Read More
Marriages today can end for various reasons such as lack of affection, infidelity or the couple simply growing apart. However, as technology begins to grow and advance as years pass, it slowly begins to enter our personal lives. For example, shopping has become easy with such websites as Amazon or eBay and social networking sites Facebook and Twitter have made... Read More
Divorced parents are not the only ones that enter financial hardships. Their children do as well, especially those planning on pursuing a college education. According to a study published in the Journal of Family Issues, 42% of college costs are provided by divorced parents compared to 77% of married couples. Also, a study by psychologists, Judith Wallerstein and Julia Lewis,... Read More
It is a given fact that not all marriages will work. The reason may fall on anything, such as adultery, lack of communication, spouses drifting apart, etc. However, in this new age of technology, more and more divorces are resultant of technology. 20 or 30 years ago, a married couple would never have had a suspicion that their marriage could... Read More
It isn’t unusual for tensions and sour feelings to arise between spouses during a divorce. Both sides will attempt to make the situation far more difficult than it needs to be. The following are just but a few dirty schemes spouses commit against one another in attempting to gain the upper hand in their divorce proceedings. Wrongfully withdrawing all funds... Read More
During a divorce, it isn’t uncommon for spouses to be resentful or angry with each other; sometimes in the situation, it is just one spouse that feels this way. It is also not uncommon with one spouse filing a restraining order against the other should they feel as if their husband/wife is threatening in some way. Issuing a restraining order... Read More