Jeff Landers, author of the new book, Divorce: Think Financially, Not Emotionally – What Women Need To Know About Securing Their Financial Future Before, During, And After Divorce, stopped by Forbes this week with a piece on how women can cope with their husbands’ financial threats while the divorce papers…
While checking out Twitter over the holidays we came across one divorce attorney whose business moniker may not be exactly what you want in legal representation. The image, shown below, reveals an attorney who is attempting to insert a chuckle into the conversation about the decision to file for divorce.…
According to author Kathleen Gerson, in her 2010 study The Unfinished Revolution, close to 75 percent of women would rather file for divorce and go it alone than forsake their careers to become homemakers. Meanwhile, Gerson adds, men and women are in near-lockstep to preferring an egalitarian marriage (or one…
Divorce Magazine recently pointed to a study that was published in the Family and Conciliation Court Review in 1992. Unfortunately, the age of the study cannot tell us much regarding current trends, but according to findings from 1,669 mediation sessions conducted in California family courts, it was determined that parents…
Reaching the decision to file for divorce isn’t something to be taken lightly. Once you go down this path, you have to be prepared for fallout, such as changes in parenting techniques, pushback from your spouse over the settlement, and possibly having your family dragged through a lengthy and revealing…
In an episode of the hit TV series “Seinfeld,” Jerry is dating a woman, whom he ends up breaking it off with over the way she ate her peas. “She eats her peas one at a time,” Seinfeld tells best bud George Costanza. “I’ve seen her eat corn niblets, but…
In a recent article for Huffington Post, contributor Aunt Becky for CafeMom’s The Stir detailed the eight signs that it may be time to take a break from your relationship. Most of the signs that Becky shared are usually indicative of problems in a marriage and can be factors in…
Divorce parties: once you’ve finalized your divorce papers, this may be the last thing that you’re thinking about, but that trend is changing. In Las Vegas, for instance, Glynda Rhodes, founder of The Divorce Party Planner, has seen a robust market. “It’s about creating a new chapter in your life,”…
Fashion and style aren’t things we talk a lot about on this blog, and that’s probably to our detriment. After all, how you look and feel about yourself will play a huge role in getting you past the painful part of finalizing divorce papers. So if you’ve recently gone through…
According to a recent article from CNN contributor Pepper Schwartz, there is a pronounced difference in the number of Baby Boomers and younger generations when it comes to filing divorce papers. Citing data from the New York Times, Schwartz said the overall divorce rate had fallen from 50 percent to…