Your Family isn't "Broken"
When a spouse brings a divorce preceding against the other spouse, there are certain words that can get thrown around; legal terms such as custodial parent, custody, access, and also, a familiar one: “broken home.” The term broken home can refer to a family run by a single parent, but in today’s modern family, it…
Read MoreCustody Complaints Not Necessarily Cliché
While no two child custody and divorce cases are the same, there are common issues that come up. For example, many divorce lawyers representing women, are told they want their ex-spouse to want to see their children, not tolerate it because they’re forced to by the court. It is a common fear (and common misconception)…
Read MoreEx-Wife’s Facebook Entrapment Plan Backfires
An Indiana woman going through a divorce pretended to be a pretty seventeen-year-old girl on Facebook in order to incriminate her ex-husband and gain the upper hand in a fiercely contested custody dispute. Angela Voelkert created a fake Facebook account for “Jessica Studebaker” and friended her ex-husband, David Voelkert. An online “relationship” developed between David…
Read MoreSpouse Cheating on You? Do the Math.
The media has been obsessed with the salacious details of the Anthony Wiener scandal. For a few writers, however, the story has prompted some sober cultural reflection. In the New York Times, Sheryl Gay Stolberg wonders why female politicians rarely get caught up in sex scandals. No solid conclusions but the sense of it: men…
Read MoreAlimony Bill One Step Closer to Becoming Law
Back in April, I wrote a post about proposed Massachusetts alimony reform. I now understand that the bill has been reported out of the Judiciary Committee which usually means it will become law. If it passes, it will reform a law that currently allows judges to grant “lifetime alimony.” Judges presiding over divorce litigation cases…
Read MoreDivorce Negotiation: A Bigger (Sweeter) Pie
According to Huffington Post divorce columnist Diana Mercer’s article, it’s perfectly natural to fixate on specific financial goals like holding onto your hard-earned assets, 401k or social security funds, during the divorce process. However, it’s advisable to set a goal toward coming out of your divorce financially secure, and to retire the way that each…
Read MoreDivorce Rates Rebound — Lawyers Rejoice!
The improving U.S. economy has caused an increase in divorce filings, according to the Financial Times.
Read MoreMcCourt v. McCourt — Another Lose-Lose Litigation
Yet another lose-lose result in high-stakes divorce litigation.
Read MoreSons of Divorce
Studies examining the effects of divorce on children are rarely ever positive — and a recent study lead by Dr. Esme Fuller-Thomson of the University of Toronto is no exception. Writing in the journal Psychiatric Research, Dr. Fuller-Thomson found that male children whose parents divorced are three times more likely to consider suicide than males whose…
Read MoreCan Estate Planning Prevent Divorce?
The number of Americans over 65 who are divorced has radically increased in the last 15 years.
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