How your kids cope with divorce, will in part, depend on their resilience. While children are born with some resilience, you can help them develop more. Giving your children a lecture on resilience or taking them into the woods with nothing but a knife and fire flint...
3 options to deal with your house in a divorce
Arriving at an equitable property division arrangement is one of the most challenging aspects of a divorce. Many couples end up fighting because one spouse’s opinion of acceptable is miles away from the other’s. Working out what to do with your home can be a...
Common financial mistakes to avoid in the divorce process
When going through the divorce, you are juggling a million different things all at once. From dealing with the emotions to working on lifestyle changes, all the way to the subject of property division and child custody, divorce can be very taxing. Unfortunately, one...
Parents can cause custody disputes or make them worse
Custody issues are often the most contentious part of negotiating a divorce. Custody issues or parenting plans are also a common reason for divorced coparents to petition for a modification. The petition can be due to changes in the needs of the child, a parent...
Collaborative law even more attractive during the pandemic
The popularity of mediation and collaborative law approaches has increased in recent decades to the point where it is used in 90% of divorces. The one defining factor that separates it from litigation is that the couple chooses to find equitable solutions without...
Divorce rate trending up
The year has been extremely challenging on many levels. Stress and uncertainty in life can place personal relationships under additional strain. Difficulties can bring simmering problems to the suface, including problems within a marriage. Following other reports...
Social media can impact a claim or dispute
Social media is the preferred medium for many to keep up with family and friends or make new friends. It also enables users to share important events as well as everyday details of their lives. What we sometimes forget, however, is that what we post online is not...
A pre-marriage checklist is a good idea
Those planning to marry with a large ceremony will have an endless number of tasks on lists to take care of before the big day. However, a 21-year-old woman created quite a stir when she tweeted a “Don’t Get Married Before: A Thread” topic checklist with 20 tweets for...
Factors for determining a co-parenting plan
Divorce creates an abundance of emotions, including pain, frustration and anxiety for parents, and their children usually share those feelings. Deciding where kids will live is one of the most critical and challenging decisions, so it’s essential to establish a...
What makes a binding prenup?
Prenuptial agreements in generations past were generally the domain of the wealthy or those who wish to protect assets when they remarried. However, there are various reasons why the average couple would draft one, with many millennials embracing them as a part of...
