Posted on December 12, 2012 in Family Law

According to the Southern Sun, there can be a divorce option that is not about betrayal or bad feelings, but can be loving. There are circumstances that can make a divorce better than most think would think. These may be a mutual divorce where the couple isn’t fighting about who gets what or where they both agree the marriage is over. While every divorce situation is unique, there are productive ways to deal with the process.

There are some ways to make a divorce not as hard on both parties. The most important thing is to talk about what each person wants and negotiate what each will get. This is important when creating a loving divorce instead of a fight.

Another thing you may want to consider is hiring a lawyer that understands that you have had a loving relationship with the spouse you had. This way they won’t be so hard with the negotiations of the pair.

Continue Reading ››

 Posted on December 11, 2012 in Personal Injury

Continue Reading ››

 Posted on December 08, 2012 in Personal Injury

Continue Reading ››

 Posted on December 07, 2012 in Family Law

With the rise of divorces, there was a pressing need for more help for the people going through a divorce. The term of “divorce coach” seems to have come from the same time of “life coach.” Around the 1990’s, Dr. Kim Lurie, who was a lawyer in Merrick, NY started calling herself a divorce coach. The term didn’t become mainstream in newspapers until the new millennium. That was when lawyers, psychotherapists, financial planners and other professionals creating a burgeoning field of new divorce coaches.

Now there are businesses which allow for a couple to meet with divorce coaches who specialize in different aspects of divorce, such as finances, co-parenting and moving on after a divorce. The important thing to remember about divorce coaches, although they usually have some training, they don’t take the place of a divorce attorney. Depending on your needs, different coaches can other different areas of expertise. But there are a select few things that you can expect from divorce coaches.

Continue Reading ››

 Posted on December 05, 2012 in Personal Injury

Continue Reading ››

 Posted on December 02, 2012 in Personal Injury

Continue Reading ››

 Posted on November 30, 2012 in Family Law

For many people, the holiday season means less stress and spending time with your family, but for divorced couples with children, it might be anything but easy. The same goes for separated parents who are considering divorce. Both parents, of course, want to spend the holidays with their children, but it is not usually possible after a divorce. The Huffington Post did a story about this issue for their divorce section.

For divorced parents, this is something they have to get used to for their children's sake. If a holiday without children is tough for a parent, a holiday without a parent is even harder for a child. This does not, however, mean that it is not possible to make new, happy holiday memories.

It is all a matter of planning ahead and communicating with the other parent, so that there are no misunderstandings. If a divorce has a high level of conflict, courts may decide where children will spend their holidays when custody is decided on.

Continue Reading ››

 Posted on November 29, 2012 in Personal Injury

Continue Reading ››

 Posted on November 26, 2012 in Personal Injury

Continue Reading ››

 Posted on November 25, 2012 in Family Law

The Star Tribune is reporting that a new study out of Marquette University shows a correlation between the national divorce rate and the Great Recession. The study concludes that while the Great Recession saw a rapid decrease in the national divorce rate in its early years, this period of economic hardship did not result in a permanent decrease. Rather, as the economy began to slowly recover in more recent years, divorce rates again increased. In other words, while the poor economy may have forced some marriages to remain intact out of necessity, these same couples still ultimately divorced once economic hardships eased.

More specifically, the national divorce rate rose from 16.4 per 1,000 married women in 2005 to 17.5 per 1,000 married women in 2007, the rate then fell to 16.9 per 1,000 married women in 2008. The moral of this story is that while economics can force a couple to remain in the same household or in a unhappy marriage for purely financial reasons, as soon as finances improve, the divorce will inevitably occur. A poor economy, then, cannot forestall or prevent an impending divorce forever, although it may be able to delay the proceedings for some period of time.

Continue Reading ››