Your spouse has no desire to get divorced. You, however, feel like it's just time to move on. The marriage stopped working a long time ago. Maybe they think it's fine. Maybe they think you can fix it, and you don't. Regardless, the two of you are not on the same page,...
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Forget about the last-minute prenup
A prenuptial agreement, as important as it is, often becomes something that is all too easy to put off. Maybe you want to ask your soon-to-be-spouse for one, but you're worried about the way they'll react. Therefore, you keep delaying. Finally, when the marriage is a...
Refined tastes may mean unusual assets at stake in divorce
You may have always considered yourself as someone with refined tastes. You may have grown up in an affluent family that influenced those tastes, or perhaps you garnered wealth on your own and then came to enjoy the finer things in life. Whatever the case, you have...
Cohabitation leads to issues with marital property
Cohabitation is the process of living together without getting married, often prior to marriage, and it is more popular now than it has ever been before. The rates have increased over the years, meaning many couples spend at least some time living in the same home or...
Does signing a prenup make divorce more likely?
One of the arguments people use against prenuptial agreements is that they think the document will make them more likely to end their marriage. After all, they're already thinking about divorce and planning for it before they're even married. Isn't that a defeatist...
Parallel parenting in a high-conflict divorce
More than likely, you had a good reason why you and your future former spouse decided to end your marriage. Perhaps your relationship degraded to the point where you can't even be in the same room together without arguing. Even though you may mourn the loss of what...
Wage garnishment is a drastic step for serious support issues
During your divorce, the court orders your spouse to pay child support. Your child lives with you all of the time. Your ex pays for a short time and then, as you feared, stops making the payments.You know that this is a violation of the court order. You also know that...
2 reasons couples live together after divorce
The reality is that most couples stop living together before or during a divorce. In many cases, one spouse moves out as soon as the couple decides to get divorced, knowing that it takes months for the legal process to play out but also knowing that they can move...
Do you need a financial reality check before you divorce?
If you are contemplating divorce, you likely have a vision for how you expect your post-divorce life to be. Perhaps you imagine a kind of freedom your marriage lacked or you hope to rejoin the dating scene. Unfortunately, the reality of life after divorce does not...
Why would you use lump-sum alimony?
Alimony payments are typically made every month, just like child support payments. The idea is that one spouse would have supported the other if they stayed married, and that support would pay the monthly bills. The alimony allows the other person not to fall into...