Divorce Articles

This article provides readers with advice about protecting themselves from a dangerous spouse during their separation. It includes tips like planning your escape early, obtaining support when you leave your spouse, obtaining protection through a temporary restraining order, and more.

After your life gets turned upside down by a painful divorce, it's not healthy to remain hurt and angry all the time. There's more to life than a failed marriage and to help you see that, there are some tips you can find in this article that will get you back on your strong, happy feet as quickly as possible.

Getting a divorce entails a whole deal of procedure. Thus, here are a couple of things that you should know.

This article provides readers with tips about understanding alimony. It includes a definition of alimony, information about when it is ordered, how to pursue alimony payments, and more.

The United States Supreme Court, while passing the judgement over Troxel v Granville trial, made a landmark decision concerned with the visitation rights of grandparents. According to the decision taken by the Supreme Court in this case, it is the fundamental right of the parent to care for the children and have control of their children. At the same time, it stated that no law can set standards for visitation rights of grandparents.

Too many people take the gloves off during a divorce, and end up hurting themselves more than they help themselves. As a practical matter, being "classy" helps you get more of what you need and want. This is the time to be the person you have it in you to be. Your future depends on it.

If your marriage is in trouble and you want to save it, you've probably been crying out inside, "Stop my divorce!" The first thing you should know is that no marriage is beyond help. Any relationship can be saved.

You learn how to stop your divorce. It may seem like there's no hope for the two of you and that divorce is the only way out of your troubles. This isn't the case. If you don't want to divorce your spouse, there are some very effective ways to prevent it.

If you want to save your marriage, you have to understand how to stop divorce. Stopping a divorce is not that hard, but it involves following a very practical, deliberate plan of action.

Divorce as a final solution could cause more misery than one can realize. Is divorce the answer you are seeking to resolve an unhappy marriage? Divorce should only be considered after all other avenues of repair have been explored. This should only be considered as an option when all other alternatives have reasonably been examined and put into action.

Since my being able to prevent my own divorce is out there, (I write about it often), I'm sometimes approached by folks whose husband or wife wants a divorce while they very much don't. This can feel like an impossible situation at times and it's easy to feel that you've lost all of your power and are out of options, but that doesn't have to be the case.

It can happen in many ways.  Sometimes, suddenly, out of the blue, with no warning whatsoever.  Other times, the music slowly, gradually, fades to a deafening silence.

A divorce is usually a last resort in attempt to fix broken hearts, rectify emotional distress, and discover, if only, a sliver of peace of mind. And while the process of change can be a very difficult road to go down, it is all too often the case that moving on, and determining the circumstances under which change can happen, is the most laborious task of all.

there are some cases when some divorce proceeding do actually drag on for years on end. Here are 3 top reasons why.

After the decision taken by the US Supreme Court in Troxel case, visitation and child custody grandparents rights are being determined based on the best interests of the grandchildren. Factors such as the pre-existing relationship between the child and the grandparent and the reason for the parents' objection often determine the level of visitation rights and child custody for grandparents seeking court ordered times to be with their grandchildren.

Emotions can run high during a divorce. The feelings of betrayal and anger can become all-consuming. I developed the following ten tips to serve as a guideline to surviving a divorce

She's ready to take you down and take you to the cleaners. What are you going to do?

Child custody for fathers is becoming more and more common as it is no longer automatically vested with the mothers. Today, more fathers are ready to take on the responsibility of raising their children and more fathers are winning custody of their children.

When looking for a divorce lawyer you need to way your options very carefully. This is an important decision. The choice you will have to make can make all the difference in the outcome of your divorce.

Because I often write about saving your marriage and avoiding a divorce, I'm often approached by wives who tell me that they've tried "everything," and yet nothing works to change the husband's mind about a divorce. This article will outline the steps I recommend for saving a marriage. If you haven't tried these tactics, I think that you definitely should before you throw in the towel. If you have tried them all and none have worked, then I'll list a back up "last ditch effort" plan at the end of this article.