New York Goes No-Fault: What Does This Mean For Women?

Submitted by: Madeline Grace
Are no-fault divorce laws in the best financial interest of women? Not according to the study below.
In the late 1980s, several states set up task forces to study gender bias in the courts. For example, in Colorado, one section of the task force was charged with the area of divorce. It studied [...]

Did You Know Child Support Can be Modified?

Are Your Children Doing Without?
Every parent knows firsthand, the expense of raising a child in this day and age. What most divorced parents don’t realize is that child support agreements can be modified if there is a significant change of circumstance.
Katy and Joe have been divorced for 5 years. At the time of their divorce [...]

Dividing Retirement and Investment Plans During Divorce

Mistakes Made When Dividing Marital Assets
Dividing marital assets during divorce can be one of the most challenging and convoluted aspects of your divorce. It isn’t as simple as “I want the car, you keep the house.”  Few people take into consideration the cash value of an “asset” and in the end, end up with a [...]

Divorce and Pension Benefits: What are a Woman’s Rights During Divorce?

Submitted by: Cathy

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1968 allow a former wife to have rights to an ex-husband’s pension benefits. Pension rights at divorce depend on two sets of rules:
• The rules of your ex-spouse’s retirement system; and
• The divorce laws of the state in which [...]

Is Your Divorce Attorney Meeting Your Expectations?

Submitted by: Cathy
You Don’t Have to Settle For a Bad Divorce Attorney
I had three divorce attorneys. The first one cost me hundreds of thousands of dollars due to incompetence. The second called me one afternoon after office hours and said to me, “if you ever get horny just give me a call.” Not exactly [...]

Family Lawyers: Noble Or Scary Creatures?

Submitted by Me & My Evil Twin
Even though lawyers are often stereotyped as money-hungry, unethical piranhas, up until recently I’d only felt admiration and respect for mine.  Why?  Cause she’d gone through a tough divorce too – she  was left almost pennliness  to support herself and her two kids.  Thus her decision to become a lawyer was born out of a [...]

Parental Alienation: “A Uterus, Divorce Papers and Bruises”

Submited by: Cathy
Father’s right activists have been attempting to have Parental Alienation Disorder added to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM V), the American Psychiatric Association’s “bible” of diagnoses.
The National Organization for Women learned about the effort and is concerned. They have now sent out an Action Alert [...]

Legal Action Can Help Mold A Child-Like Ex Into A Better Man

Submitted by Delaine
Sometimes dealing with an ex can feel like you’re dealing with a child:  you give and give and give….you kindly explain the same thing over and over and over again …yet still they don’t ‘get it.’ And though it’s sad to say - and painful to have to do - sometimes we have to take [...]

The Financial Impact of Divorce: There is More to it Than Splitting Marital Assets

Submitted by: Big Little Wolf
Is your divorce still in process? Are you worrying about whether you dotted all your i’s and crossed all your t’s – especially where the future for your children is at stake?
Here are several subjects – serious matters – that I had to deal with during my divorce and since. These [...]

Stop, Hey – What’s That Sound? Unresolved Legal Issues Pulling You Down…

Submitted by Delaine
I’m no divorce expert; there’s no law degree or special accreditation following my name.  But now that I’m two years into my divorce, there’s one golden nugget of advice I’d like to pass onto those newly divorcing:  Get EVERYTHING down in writing - signed, sealed and wrapped up – otherwise, there’s a good chance you’ll [...]

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