Spouses have many questions in the months and days leading up to their divorce and subsequent child-custody case. Perhaps the biggest is this: “can my child choose which parent they want to live with after divorce?” Many people might think the answer is a resounding yes. After all, it’s the Court’s job to do whatever…
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Even when they know deep down that their marriage is headed for divorce, most people have a hard time making the final call. They play devil’s advocate with themselves, waffle back and forth on if this is truly the answer and convince themselves that things will improve if they wait a bit longer. They wonder,…
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Now that your divorce is official, the last thing you probably thought about was how you were going to survive your recent divorce during the holidays. We can’t blame you if it wasn’t top of mind, but here we are. Halloween is right around the corner, followed by Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, and New Year’s.…
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5 Tips For Spouses Who Are Still Working From Home Together During COVID-19 We should all enjoy the opportunities we have to spend more time with our spouse. I’m sure you agree that we don’t get enough of those precious moments in today’s hectic world. But over the past seven months, many couples like you…
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Plenty of positive things can come from choosing the collaborative divorce process. For starters, it’s not a trial — which is a load off the minds of anyone who doesn’t feel comfortable going to court. It’s also a helpful platform for divorcing spouses who want to end their marriage amicably rather than battling tooth-and-nail through…
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We hear the term divorce decree a lot when talking about divorce. But not everyone knows what it means. Is it simply a judge declaring, “Okay, you’re divorced,” or is it an actual document? And if it is an actual document, how is it different from every other piece of paper included in the divorce…
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If you need to hire a divorce lawyer, it’s a certainty that you will not be short on options for quality representation. This is both good and bad news, right? The good news is that you have options. The bad news is that you have options — because after all, it can be difficult to…
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You’re getting a divorce, and because you have children, you know you will be ordered to pay child support. By now, you may even know exactly how much you will have to pay because the Court has carefully calculated everything. But one question remains, and it’s something we hear a lot: How long do I…
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Child support is a legal obligation where a noncustodial divorced parent makes regular payments to their former spouse to support their minor child. These child support payments often go toward things like clothing, food, shelter, etc., and the parent who receives these monies really comes to rely on it as part of their income. The…
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Per the loyal clients and avid readers of our blog, some of the more informative posts we have shared over the years have dove head-first into the topic of co-parenting. Parenting — and the demands that come with it — is hard. It’s even more complicated when you’ve divorced and a new co-parenting relationship with…
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