Do you live in California and are wondering what the process is for getting a divorce? State laws can be complicated and often change on a frequent basis. If California is your home state, and you aren’t sure where to start in order to file for divorce, know these…
A Massachusetts lawmaker has set forth a bill that would ban parents from having sex in their own homes while divorce papers are pending. The bill would also not allow a parent to bring a date home without a judge’s permission. Almost immediately, the pending legislation stirred up controversy on…
Couples who are working through their divorce papers will have to face several issues when negotiating a final agreement. In the past, one of the “lighter” loads of this process has been that of health insurance adjustments. These are typically spelled out in the final decree, but what isn’t always…
All states are now on the no-fault irretrievably broken bandwagon, and for good reason. It turns out the good ol’ days actually were not so good. The last state to make the change was New York in 2010. The old fault-based grounds for divorce made a party seeking a divorce…
Oklahoma state representative Arthur Hulbert (R) has introduced a bill that would lengthen the time that in-state couples hoping to file for divorce have to wait before they can move forward. Hulbert said he feels “we have a bill that will help strengthen families and give them time to rethink…
It’s the age-old question among those concerned about high divorce rates across the country: should it be easier to divorce or easier to marry? The question popped up again with a recent Oklahoma impact study covering the effects of divorce on children. According to the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative, a group…
“Healthy Marriage Act” supporters of the pending legislation in North Carolina insist that the state’s divorce rate is out of control, and so they’ve devised a plan that could make couples, who want to sign divorce papers, wait two years before getting their wish. During this time, reports state, the couple…
Online divorce services like MyDivorcePapers.com are usually frequented by people looking for a way through the legal process that is as ordinary as possible. However, when it comes to divorce laws themselves, there is nothing ordinary at all about some of the strange things you’ll find that are still on…
*This entry is a guest post by our friend Howard Iken, a Florida Divorce Attorney. We hope you enjoy! A frequently-asked-question of divorce lawyers nationwide is “how long is this going to take”? That is a normal, reasonable, question that has many different answers. First, there is the stock answer…
In a well-intentioned effort to try bringing down the high divorce rate in Oklahoma, Governor Mary Fallin recently signed a bill that will move forward a pro-marriage public service campaign. The notion it promotes is that marriage and stable families protect children from poverty. Critics lament that while this is…