Category Archives: Divorce
How Do You Avoid Damaging Your Credit?
The decision to get divorced can place intense strain on the emotional and financial health of your family. Divorce can potentially damage your credit. Property can be divided pursuant to a divorce agreement, but joint debts may remain. Sometimes, an ex-spouse takes out credit on the other’s name. Your creditors are not obligated to abide […]
What Are Some Digital Divorce Dangers?
The negative aspects of technology can affect our marriages. Four years ago, the first known case of “divorce by Facebook” took place. A wife discovered online that her husband no longer wanted to stay married. To add public insult to injury, some commenters applauded the husband’s negative posts. A recent study by the Center for […]
How Do You Find a Divorce Attorney?
When ending your marriage, choosing a divorce attorney can be one of the most important decisions you make. The type of lawyer you hire sets the tone for the entire divorce proceeding and directly affects the outcome of your divorce settlement. Different lawyers have diverse approaches to trying a divorce case. When going through a […]
Breaking Up is Hard to Do – When There is a Business Involved
Going through a divorce can have serious financial consequences. These can have a much larger impact if there is a business involved. Tudou, once a contender to become the YouTube of China, lost 18 percent of its value when the former wife of founder, Gary Wang, filed a lawsuit seeking part of Gary’s interests in […]
Where Should You File for Divorce?
Each state has different criteria for who may file for divorce in that state. Usually some form of residency is required. Before Katie Holmes filed for divorce from Tom Cruise, she spent part of every month for two years in New York. This behavior may seem odd. However, when you consider that New York courts […]
Can You Fight for Custody of Your Pet?
It used to be that pets were assigned the same value as sofas or other material possessions in divorce proceedings. Apparently, that is changing as more divorcing couples are grappling with custody agreements for their pets. When a marriage comes to an end, splitting up the material possessions is inevitable. However, figuring out what to […]
How Do You Talk to Your Kids About Divorce?
Every year, thousands of children experience the stressful effects of divorce for the first time. How they react depends not only on their age and personality, but also on how their parents choose to present the news of their divorce to their children. A recent study funded by the British Economic and Social Research Council […]
