High-asset divorces have more reasons for spouses to disagree with one another. Property division can easily become more complicated, and those with higher incomes and larger marital estates may also have more shared debt to divide. Spouses preparing for a high-asset...
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What are the potential long-term consequences of parental alienation?
Parental alienation is a type of misconduct engaged in by parents that can cause emotional devastation for the parent who is not effectively permitted to maintain a healthy and happy relationship with their children. Instead of sharing custody gracefully, one parent...
Navigating High-Conflict Divorce: Strategies to Combat Parental Alienation
Divorce is often a painful and complicated process, but when conflict levels are high, it can become particularly challenging. For example, a high-conflict divorce involving the parents of minors can sometimes become so contentious that one parent tries to pit their...
5 tips to help you prepare for divorce
The realization that a marriage is ending likely isn’t usually one that develops suddenly. Many people have a chance to prepare for a split because they know that their marriage is on shaky ground. If you’re in this position, there are some actionable steps you can...
When one spouse wants a divorce but the other doesn’t
There is a common social assumption that divorce only occurs when a marital relationship has been in a bad state for a long time. Many people take years to decide that divorce is the only way forward when a marriage has left them unhappy. In some cases, the decision...
Why do some couples divorce after 20 or more years together?
Older couples are now those most likely to end their marriage. Since 1990, divorce rates among Americans over 50 have doubled, even as overall divorce rates have declined. Many couples who have been married for more than 20 years explain that separation often stems...
5 unique considerations in a gray divorce
A lot of people who probably once expected to be settled down and settled into their marriages for good are getting divorced after they turn 50, 60 or even 70 – and the “gray” divorce trend shows no sign of slowing. Divorce rates are down for the 45 and under crowd,...
What is parental alienation?
When parents divorce, most of them eventually put aside their hostilities toward the other and settle into a (more-or-less) cooperative co-parenting arrangement. But sometimes, they don’t. When a parent remains bitter, hostile and aggrieved long after a divorce is...
How does a QDRO work?
When spouses are going through a divorce, their marital assets need to be divided. Yet, not all marital assets are tangibly a couple’s possession at the time of the divorce. They still could be very valuable, but that full value may not be realized until later. An...
What are the top-reported reasons that people file for divorce?
Divorce is a part of modern life. A moderate percentage of all marriages end in divorce rather than with the death of one or both spouses. Those who’ve recently got engaged are often eager to imagine themselves as immune from the pressures that often lead to divorce....