Category: Divorce
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Alternative Dispute Resolution – What You Need To Know
Never heard of alternative dispute resolution? Not sure what it means, or how it could help you during your divorce? We break it down for you! What Is It? Alternative dispute resolution, from a legal perspective, is simply the use of methods like mediation and arbitration, instead of litigation, to resolve problems between…
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Infidelity: Is It The Cause Or The Consequence of Divorce?
There was a time in the not too distant past where an extramarital affair was a source of enormous scandal, and was viewed with similar distaste to the way people view animal abuse now days. Having an affair and getting caught made you somewhat of a social pariah. But those days have come and…
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Planning To Marry Your Affair Partner? Not a Good Idea! (Part 4)
Thank you for joining us for the last and final installment in this four part series on why affair partners don’t often make good martial partners. If you haven’t read the first three articles in the series, we encourage you to look them over before reading this one. Otherwise, let’s jump right in where…
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10 Signs Your Spouse is Having a Virtual Affair (Part 2)
Thank you for joining us again, as we look at the 10 most common signs that your spouse is cheating on you with someone online. In the previous article we looked at the first five items, including how much time they spend online, how quickly they shut down their screen when you enter a…
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10 Signs Your Spouse is Having a Virtual Affair (Part 1)
Online affairs, or ‘virtual affairs’ as they are sometimes called, are becoming so commonplace these days that the term is recognized in it’s own right. More and more people are turning to their computers and smartphones have their sexual desires met. A phenomenon that may seem strange, until you consider the facts: You can…
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Men: Should You Move Out During The Divorce Process? (Part 2)
In the previous article we introduced a well known book, The 10 stupidest mistakes men make when facing divorce: And how to avoid them, written by Joseph E. Cordell, an attorney practicing in Missouri. One of the difficulties you are likely to face when making decisions about your marital future and what is best…
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Men: Should You Move Out During The Divorce Process? (Part 1)
You have only to watch 12 minutes of just about any soap opera on the planet to know how it goes… They fight. She screams at him to get out. He throws a few shirts into a bag and walks out into the darkness, destined for some seedy motel where he will stare with…
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Child Custody in a Michigan Divorce: What Are The Deciding Factors? (Part 3)
Hello there and welcome back to our discussion about child custody in Michigan, and the 12 factors that the court considers when determining how to assign custody to divorcing parents. In the previous articles we’ve already discussed the first eight items on the list. Moving forward, we are going to look at the last four…
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Electronic Data and Divorce: What You Should Know (Part 2)
Thank you for joining us again for the second installment in this two part series on electronic data and how it influences divorce. In the first article we discussed the first three critical things you need to be aware of, when it comes to electronic data, if divorce is on the horizon. These were,…
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Electronic Data and Divorce: What You Should Know (Part 1)
We live in a different age to the one our parents experienced. In our parent’s era, evidence in a divorce may have consisted of testimony from witnesses, and perhaps photographs taken by a private investigator. Nowadays, divorce court regularly sees the contents of email accounts, an assortment of social media pictures, and a host…