Divorce

The baby-boomer generation has always seemed front and center in news relating to social movements, lifestyle shifts, generational adjustments toward work/life balance and evolving attitudes toward marriage, divorce, retirement and even renewal in older age. Given the...

In 1998, a successful real estate developer commanding a net worth of many millions of dollars and his to-be bride executed a prenuptial agreement. It provided for the soon-to-be wife to receive $25,000 per year. Additionally, the premarital contract stipulated that...

Filing for divorce can be a difficult and emotional decision but once you have decided that it must be done, what should you expect? What are the first steps? How long does it take? How much does it cost? I will answer some of these common questions in this general...

"Penny wise and pound foolish." That is the way that one family law mediator and financial planner who contributed her views on divorce in a recent media article describes the attitude and actions taken by some parties engaged in the divorce process. The idea that...

Jurisdiction and venue are the legal concepts that determine where a case must be filed. Jurisdiction determines the state and the court that has the power to hear a case. Venue determines the county within the state that has the power to here the divorce. Within...

Jeff Landers is an author on divorce-related topics, who frequently delves into a subject that experienced divorced attorneys routinely deal with, namely, the central role that money often plays in divorce negotiations and proceedings. It is a rarity for that to not...

A recent financial article from CNN addresses an area that is of concern for many divorcing parties, especially those who have been married for decades and are now severing ties as they approach their retirement years. The topic is the obvious affect that divorce can...

When it comes to alcohol consumption and divorce, couples that drink together, stay together. A study that analyzed divorce among nearly 20,000 married couples in Norway found that compatibility as drinkers may keep couples together. Given the size and scope of the...

Have you heard of the online dating sites Match.com or eHarmony? Do you perhaps peruse them occasionally or even have an account and active profile on one, both or some other Internet entity? For many persons who do, such sites are valuable tools for social...

Research findings increasingly indicate that, for many couples, financial strain is the predominant catalyst for marital difficulties and, ultimately, divorce. That might not strike all that many people as surprising, although a number of other factors -- lifestyle...