Category: Firm News

Parenting duties often aren’t equally split between married spouses. It is common for one spouse to perform more of the child-rearing obligations than the other. If you have always been the primary caregiver in your family, it’s only natural to worry that your ex may not have the right skills to take care of your…

Not all of the value of your marital estate comes from your home and your bank accounts. Personal property can also be a major source of value. Maybe for much of your marriage, you kept all of your antique furniture in climate-controlled storage because it didn’t fit the aesthetic of your marital home. Now that…

Being married to a narcissist is something that’s extremely difficult. These individuals are self-absorbed and don’t think about how their actions might affect others. While it’s possible to learn how to deal with a narcissist, having to do this in the context of child custody can be a nightmare. The very nature of narcissism means…

The child support that you get probably only covers a small amount of the costs that you incur every month while taking care of your kids. While getting some support from your ex is better than getting no support at all, it can feel very frustrating to have to scrape by while your ex only…

There’s more than one way to finalize your divorce, with mediation one of the best. This gives you and your soon-to-be ex-spouse full control over the process, thus allowing you to negotiate and compromise based on your specific circumstances. Knowing what to expect during divorce mediation puts you in an even better position, as you…

Marriage is about love, but divorce is all business. In particular, you have to get down to the “nuts and bolts” of dividing up the marital property. When it comes to big things — like real estate, vehicles and investments — you may need to negotiate with your ex to come to some kind of…

When you divorced, child support payments were set based upon your financial situation at the time. However, this year, you lost your job and have only been able to pick up work that pays less. It seems unreasonable to expect you to pay the same as when you were a high earner. Regardless of whether…

Quite a few people seem to believe that the only form of therapy available for couples is marriage counseling. If you and your spouse have already decided that you need to go your separate ways, rehashing the issues from your marriage with a therapist may seem like unnecessary torture. However, marriage counseling is far from…

Splitting custody is something that not many families do, but it can work for some. When you consider splitting custody, what you’re doing is thinking about how you can separate your children and have them on different custody schedules. Most families don’t like this idea, because it means that their children may not see each…

If you have children with your ex-spouse, there’s a good chance that co-parenting is your new normal. While it doesn’t always come easy, you must put your best foot forward to maintain stability for your children. Unfortunately, problems can arise while co-parenting, such as if your ex-spouse talks poorly about you to your children. They…