Recent Blog Posts
How Does The Alabama Divorce Court Deal With Whirlwind Romances?
If you are a Millennial Alabama girl, scrolling through social media as the sun beats down on the bleachers from which you are ostensibly watching your child’s soccer practice, you can bet that your social media feeds will find content to cement your belief that the best days of your life have passed you… Read More »
Will Your Finances Ever Get Better After Divorce?
Here in the land of toxic positivity, where soccer moms enthuse about their latest multilevel marketing business opportunity, even as their bank accounts are overdrawn and their husbands are cheating, we would do well to acknowledge our sadness. What is the point of calling a funeral a celebration of life? It doesn’t change the… Read More »
Can You Delegate Your Parenting Time To Someone Else?
How do families spend time together on the weekends? The short answer is it depends, and it’s none of your business. In one family, the whole family commits to doing chores all day on Saturday and then goes to the park on Sunday and picks up dinner from Raising Cane’s on the way home,… Read More »
Will You Still Be The Primary Parent After Your Divorce?
The phenomenon of primary parenting has ruined marriages since long before it had a name. Primary parenting is where one parent takes on a disproportionate share of the mundane tasks involved in the children’s care, such as baths and bedtime routines, as well as the decisions involved in their care, such as scheduling dentists’… Read More »
The Silver Lining Of Co-Parenting After Divorce
Conflict over parenting is nearly a universal experience, but it is more painful than anyone tells you. Two weeks ago, as you drove to the hospital for the birth of your child, you and your spouse giddily anticipated your adventures as a family of three, and now your spouse is screaming at you like… Read More »
Does Your Immigration Status Affect Your Alabama Divorce?
Immigrating to the United States and settling here with your family is a long process. You always feel vulnerable until all the members of your family travel to your country of origin on U.S. passports and return safely to your home in the U.S. If your visa status is employment-based, then you constantly worry… Read More »
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 »