Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Alabama’s Family-Centered Take On Divorced Parents Paying For Their Children’s College
The skyrocketing cost of college puts everyone in a bad mood, from those who have never entertained thoughts of pursuing higher education to those who finished their entire degree and took a graduation trip on their parents’ dime without applying for a single penny of financial aid or taking out student loans. Paying for… Read More »
Summer Is The Time For Divorced Parents To Make Holiday Plans
Parents love to complain about how summer vacation cannot be over soon enough. The days when your children’s laments about boredom seem interminable, especially when everything you might do that could cheer them up costs a fortune. It is better that you should enjoy the days of being annoyed by your children’s laziness and… Read More »
Divorce After A Long Separation
Gray divorce is becoming so common that soon it will just be called “divorce,” and we will have to think of a name for when young people dissolve their marriages. Natural hair color divorce? Star pimple cover sticker divorce? Shotgun wedding after party? Chances are, if you are getting a divorce these days, you… Read More »
The Home Stretch Of Your Divorce Case
The most difficult parts of divorce are at the beginning, telling your spouse you want a divorce, filing the divorce petition, or being served with divorce papers when you were still holding onto hope that you and your spouse could resolve your differences. The first long weekend without your kids is painful, but so… Read More »
Divorce Coaches Can Help You With The Non-Legal Aspects Of Divorce
One of the most challenging aspects of divorce is having to relearn all the adult skills that you had gotten used to practicing with your spouse. The little things are the most overwhelming. What happens to all the contacts in your phone when your spouse removes you from the family plan? When you were… Read More »
The Worst Things To Post On Social Media During A Divorce
Even though you and your ex-spouse can agree on little these days, you can agree that social media contributed to the breakdown of your marriage, although you may differ as to how. Your ex may say that you ruined your marriage by getting unrealistic expectations from lifestyle bloggers about how your relationship and finances… Read More »
How Bad Does Your Divorce Have To Be For Someone To Go To Jail?
The anger, fear, frustration, and self-doubt that an unhappy marriage followed by a divorce makes you feel can last years. People who otherwise seem upbeat, who act like thumbnail images of their faces should pop up when you enter the phrase “toxic positivity” in the search bar on Google, show their bitterness when they… Read More »
Generation Z Can Look Forward To An Expensive Divorce
By now, you have heard all the Generation Z laments, both the laments that come from Gen Z themselves and the ones that come from the older generations. Gen Z has a more difficult path to financial prosperity than older generations; stable jobs are in short supply, and everything is so expensive. Young people… Read More »
Alabama Introduces Paid Parental Leave For State Employees
Alabama is famous for its beautiful weather and the willingness of its people to help their neighbors and extended family, but it is not known for its employee-friendly laws. For example, many states have minimum wage laws, but Alabama does not; it only requires employers to pay employees the federal minimum wage, which is… Read More »
Proposed Law Would Make 50/50 Parenting Time The Standard
No one wins in a divorce, but when the parents of minor children get a divorce, everyone loses. Even if your parenting plan awards you six nights per week with your children, the one night in the week that they are not with you feels like a loss. Every holiday that you spend away… Read More »