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Have you ever heard someone say that a person is not the marrying type or that they always thought a particular marriage would end badly? It turns out there may be something to this. Dr. Helen Fisher, PhD, who is a biological anthropologist has a theory. She explains...
If you and your spouse own your home together, it’s considered a marital asset. If you get divorced, you both have a claim to it, so it goes through the property division process. In many cases, couples simply sell the house and then split the proceeds from the sale....
Transition days, which are the ones when the child switches from one parent’s home to the other parent’s home, can be stressful. A lot of emotions can seep through on those days. They may feel upset about having to leave one parent but happy to get to spend time with...
Once you decide to divorce you need to prepare yourself for many more difficult decisions. For example how you handle the divorce, how you divide your property and how you split time with your children (if you have any). Getting such decisions right will be important...
Your spouse is unhappy with you when you tell them that you want to get a divorce, but you still move forward with the process. You do want to end your marriage, and the two of you don’t have children, so you think it’s just going to be a simple matter of splitting up...
When there are changes in a relationship, it may indicate that a divorce is on the horizon. Couples will sometimes feel themselves moving in this direction before they even intentionally consider divorce or bring up the topic. In many cases, this has to do with...
As a parent going through a divorce, you may agree to a child custody schedule. This schedule helps instruct when each parent is responsible for their child. Custody schedules may need to be altered over time. Here are a few reasons to make changes: Did you find...
You’re a parent who’s going through a divorce. This has likely never happened to you, so you may not be sure what the future will hold. So that you’re prepared, you may need to know one of the things that many parents discuss is child custody. Child custody determines...
Once upon a time, all you had to do to separate your life from your spouse’s was pack up your things, open a new bank account and set a forwarding address for your mail. Today, it can be a lot harder to disentangle your lives because you probably share a lot of...
If you weren’t considering divorce earlier this year, you may not have noted that after years of debate among Florida politicians, permanent alimony is no longer an option for divorcing spouses. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the law after state representatives removed...