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  • 10 Financial Issues To Consider During Divorce (Part 3)

    Thanks for joining us again for this three part discussion on how to deal with your assets during a contentious divorce. We have already looked at the first six items on our list during parts one and two, now we’re going to wrap this up with the last four items. However, before we start, we…

  • 10 Financial Issues To Consider During Divorce (Part 2)

    In Part One of this series we talked about the first 3 items on a list of 10 very important financial issues that you need to give immediate attention to during a contentious divorce. Namely: bank accounts, documentation, and credit cards. But it doesn’t end there. You’re doing well, but there there is a lot…

  • 10 Financial Issues To Consider During Divorce (Part 1)

    If your spouse has decided that they want a divorce, it is to be expected that you’ll deal with grief, loss, anger, and heartbreak. It’s only natural. But be careful not to let your emotions overwhelm you, and leave you unprepared for the road ahead. If this is not a friendly divorce, and your spouse…

  • Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Divorce

    Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, one of Hollywood’s most celebrated couples, is about to become Hollywood’s most eligible bachelor and bachelorette. Yes, that’s right, Brad and Angie have filed for divorce. If the media sources are anything to go by, this isn’t going to be a highly charged divorce full of animosity and trash talk.…

  • Lost Spouse = Lost House? Property Division Concerns in Michigan

      For most married couples, their house is by far their largest tangible asset, which is considered to be a great investment from a financial standpoint. However, this can be a game changer for those same couples during divorce. Deciding how to divide property is a very important decision that needs to be well thought…

  • Saving The Unsavable Marriage? Can It Be Done?

      Relationships, like untested dinner recipes, vacations abroad, and Noir Films, don’t always work out the way we expected them to. Sometimes people reach a point where they no longer view their spouse in a loving way. Sometimes they decide that the relationship is beyond any hope of salvation and, in the interest of self-preservation,…

  • Predicting Divorce: Is Your Marriage Doomed From The Start

      Dr John Gottman, the well known author and therapist, is widely acclaimed for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction. Gottman is certain that he knows exactly what causes a marriage to fail, and he uses an unusual symbol in his analysis of the communication styles that he says often precede divorce  –…

  • The Cost of Divorce: ‘Regular Folks’ Versus ‘Celebrities’

    Divorce isn’t cheap, everybody knows that. Between attorney’s fees, split assets, spousal support payments, child support and the often unavoidable guilt-spending that so many people fall prey to, it can get pretty expensive. But as the old joke says, the reason divorce costs so much is because it’s worth it! However, when it comes to…

  • Divorce – What Causes It, And Can It Be Avoided?

      For many couples who end their marriages, their divorce seemed unavoidable. Just a sad but inevitable result of circumstances entirely beyond their control. But is that an accurate depiction of what really happened? Is divorce simply something that strikes randomly? Something that so many couples can’t avoid, and don’t know how to combat?  …

  • Getting Custody of Your Kids (Part 2)

      In part one of this series on gaining custody of your children, we looked at how a custody agreement is usually reached, and what the court considers important when changing custody agreements. Moving on, we’re going to look at what determining factors the court uses to make custody decisions.   First, a Friend of…