Understanding Legal Advice
Legal advice is a generic term that covers the need for knowledge on all legal matters. It entails using knowledge of the law, its tenets, loopholes, and much more to determine subsequent courses of actions for clients. In essence, telling a client what path they should take or where they should... More...
Transportation and Scheduling
If you’re planning to have a joint physical custody of your child, it is important to work out a good schedule and transportation arrangement with the other parent. In fixing up a visitation schedule that will not only have your child’s best interest in mind but also be the most... More...
Visiting the Grandparents
When a divorce comes about, amid the blur of possible custody issues between parents, the visitation rights of grandparents can sometimes be neglected. Usually, the grandparents of the child from his/her non-custodial parent hardly get quality time with their grandchildren. In these... More...
Managing Weekends, Holidays, and Vacations
It is important to include your child’s opinion in the time he/she spends with your spouse during weekends, holidays, or vacations. Generally speaking, it’s safe to say that you can’t go wrong with alternating weekends or holidays. If your child spends this weekend with you, he/she should spend... More...
10 Steps to Help You on Your Way Back to a Fulfilling Life After Your Divorce
Divorce is one of the most traumatic experiences a person can go through, but it doesn't mean the potential for a happy life has ended. A divorce can leave you completely worn out and drained of desires to go on with your life. It's terribly hard and it's an emotional blow that's difficult to... More...
How much does a divorce cost?
The legal costs and professional fees may be overpowering at first sight but the actual cost of divorce can range from context to context. It would make sense for you to ask your divorce attorney how much exactly your case will cost, but this is one question which is not quite as simple as it... More...
Sharing the Costs of Child-Rearing
It is important to discuss how both parents will share the costs of child-rearing while you are in the process of divorce. To start off, you should take an account of each of your child’s daily expenses, from a daily lunch allowance to the cost of her after-school ballet lessons. There... More...
Adversarial Divorce – Do You Know Its Implication?
Adversarial divorce is a court proceeding used to dissolve a marriage. During an adversarial divorce, each party to the divorce is represented by their own lawyer. The judge grants the divorce and makes the decisions about the marital assets and child custody. Many times, one or both parties to... More...
Do you really have an irreconcilable difference divorce?
In the state of Tennessee to dissolve a marriage without the other parties consent requires that you have grounds to divorce. Certain states have true no-fault divorces that don’t require one party to prove grounds. Grounds are a reason recognized by the state of Tennessee that they will allow... More...
Advice for Couples Headed for Divorce After Bankruptcy
Staying married is tough. That's one of the reasons so many people give up. But staying together after a bankruptcy is really tough. Not only do you have your personal issues to work through, but you're constantly getting conflicting financial advice that can put you deeper in the... More...
Women’s Transition Assistance
Are you a woman going through some sort of transitional stage in your life? If so, you know just how difficult a women’s life transition can be. But with that being said, there are many things that you can do to help yourself out. This way you will be able to get your life back on track before... More...
Understanding Divorce Decree – The Final Judgment Of Divorce
A divorce decree is a ruling that summarizes the rights and responsibilities of the divorced parties. It is the final judgment of divorce. The divorce decree is a document that states the basic information regarding the divorce, case number, the names of the parties, date of divorce, and the... More...
Stop Divorce 101- How To Cope When Your Spouse Wants a Divorce
Things often fall apart, and the center cannot hold, in the words of Yeats; this rings especially true with marriage. The issue of stopping divorce is a tricky subject to touch on, because, more than problems, it involves one spouse who wants a divorce and another who doesn't. Essentially one... More...
Should Couples Stay In Unhappy Marriages For The Sake Of The Kids
Many couples hold onto the notion that a staying in a marriage, even a high-conflict one, is better for the children than a broken home. Even the commonly used term, "broken home," insinuates that there is something essentially wrong with divorce. It conveys the image that children whose parents... More...
What You Need To Know About Alimony And Child Support In A Divorce
Alimony is designed to provide the lower-income spouse with money for living expenses. Some states refer to alimony as maintenance or spousal support. Each word refers to the same concept; one spouse providing funds to the other as part of a divorce agreement. Each state has different rules to... More...