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How to Manage Friends and Family During a Divorce Going through a divorce is tough. While many couples focus on who gets custody of the children, there is another group of people to consider: the friends. You and your former spouse might have had mutual friends, and it can be tough to decide how to…
Most people are familiar with prenuptial agreements through the way that journalistic coverage of celebrity relationships tends to emphasize them, but they are actually relatively simple instruments that most couples could benefit from making use of before getting married. While common perceptions of them tend to revolve around the idea of keeping certain assets from…
How a Reverse Mortgage Might Help In Certain Divorce Scenarios When most people currently think of a reverse mortgage, they have some degree of anguish. I would like to be the first to tell you that will soon change. I believe this because in the relatively short time I have been studying and recommending reverse…
Rarely is divorce seen as an ideal situation, but having a clean and healthy break to your relationship is possible, even when you have to disentangle an integrated household and sort through the various assets and belongings that come with it. Unfortunately, the traditional divorce procedures offered through family court systems are not the method…
Own a Home & Getting Divorced? If you own a home and are getting a divorce, here is why you need a certified real estate divorce specialist. When working with divorcing couples one should understand the underlying complexities, both emotionally and financially. The key is COMMUNICATION! Communication is the KEY! One of the most…
For many couples, the emotional tango of divorce is the most painful part of an estranged marriage. However, the financial burdens associated with traditional litigation is virtually sure to exacerbate this pain. Before hiring an attorney or tackling the paperwork on your own, consider the advantages of divorce mediation. Get Help Filing for Divorce The…
Going through a divorce is rarely easy, but battling it out in the courtroom can be even more difficult. For many couples, making decisions about child custody, property division and alimony requires an in-depth knowledge of the inner workings of a family relationship. While a judge tries to do his or her best when making…
No matter the ages of your children when you divorce, you both want to be important in their lives going forward and to be able to do so without conflict between you and your ex-spouse. After all, you’ll be seeing each other at graduations, weddings, the births of grandchildren. More importantly, you are your children’s…
Parenting Plan Tip: Don’t forget to specify the summer parenting plan and schedule! Although kids may be rocking out to “school’s out for summer!” – often parents are not. Determining a schedule for children during summer vacation and break from school can be stressful, especially for divorced or separated parents. Issues with coordinating summer vacation…
Real Estate Options Following a Divorce During the divorce process, if the couple owns a home, they will need to sort through a number of real estate options for their home. They will first need to determine if either spouse wants to keep the home following their divorce. If so, they need to determine if…
Is Divorce on the Horizon? A divorce is obviously an emotionally charged time for you and your family. You’re juggling a lot of arrangements and financial details. Most divorce attorneys suggest thinking about how to divide your financial responsibilities as early as possible ó particularly if you have shared debt. Look at shared debt. With…
The traditional role of a vocational expert in a divorce matter is to evaluate the talents and experience of a spouse, conduct a labor market analysis, and opine on their employability and earning capacity for consideration in determining spousal maintenance and/or child support. By providing these analyses and conclusions, vocational experts play a valuable role…
