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It Is Not Marital Misconduct If Your Ex’s Plans To Get Rich Didn’t Work Out
Nothing destroys trust in marriages like when one spouse lies to the other. Sometimes lies about money can feel even more like a betrayal than carrying on secret conversations with an opposite sex friend, or even behavior that fits everyone’s definition of cheating. Lying is not simply stating something that is not true; the… Read More »
The Importance Of Accurate Financial Disclosures In Divorce Cases
Some divorce cases are simpler than others; if you are worried that divorce will lead to a trial where mutual friends of the couple testify against one spouse or the other, your fears are probably unfounded. Most couples reach an agreement during divorce mediation about how to divide their marital property and, if they… Read More »
What To Do If Your Divorce Sends You Into A Financial Free Fall
Behind the bright lights and the garish garage door covers, most families experience the holidays as a grim reminder of their dismal financial circumstances. Perhaps, as your marriage eroded, the holiday stress got worse each year; it may have been hard to tell which one was the cause and which one was the effect…. Read More »
How To Make Room In Your Life For A New Normal After Your Divorce
Your worst days while your divorce is pending and soon after it becomes final can easily be worse than your worst days while you were unhappily married. Finding a new normal is, to some extent, a matter of patience, but your actions and attitude matter, too. Obviously, being stuck in the past, constantly picking… Read More »
Is Alternating Weeks Of Parenting Time Financially Sustainable?
Many families sign parenting plans with alternating weeks, but most of them modify them to a different co-parenting schedule at some point before the children reach adulthood. Parents usually commit to this co-parenting schedule on their initiative, rather than a judge choosing it. It is one of the surest ways to ensure that the… Read More »
Divorce Is A Slow Road To A New Normal
The only thing worse than being unhappily married and feeling like no one understands you is being recently divorced and feeling that no one understands you. At least, when you are unhappily married, you have one imperfect partner instead of potentially facing down an endless succession of unrequited crushes who will all ultimately reject… Read More »
The Quarter Life Crisis Divorce
The first quarter century of a person’s life tends to attract the greatest amount of attention from novelists, poets, and filmmakers, regardless of the artists’ ages or the era in which they are working. Finding one’s place in the world as a young adult is a timeless theme. Despite this, social conditions change from… Read More »
What’s With Alabama’s High Divorce Rate?
Divorce messes with your perception of yourself and others. This is partially because it makes you a magnet for other people’s unsolicited opinions and advice. If you are the only person in your extended family group to divorce, you might feel like divorce is something that has only ever happened to you, and this… Read More »
Hard Truths And Silver Linings About Divorce
Going through a divorce can make you feel all kinds of conflicting emotions. Sometimes you feel like everything in your life is crumbling, or that everything you were sure you believed turned out to be a lie. The next minute you might feel hope and self-confidence like you have never felt before. Co-parenting is… Read More »
Can You Sue Your Ex’s Mistress For Ruining Your Marriage?
You know you are caught up in an unhealthy family dynamic when, every time someone is upset, they point fingers of blame at multiple people as each one tries to deflect the blame; this is a dynamic where people do not assume responsibility for their own actions. Many marriages have failed to survive situations… Read More »