The circumstances under which you decide to file for divorce can vary greatly from relationship to relationship. Specifically when betrayal is part of the equation, it can be so difficult to keep your cool and not do something rash — something that may cause years of fighting even long after…
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…
Online divorce proceedings can help you get a fast, satisfactory, and as-painless-as-possible decision when filing for divorce, but as millions of people discover every day, one cannot always count on the process to go smoothly. When there are clashing personalities at work, you’ll need to know a little more than…
*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…
Feelings of guilt and avoidance of guilt are powerful motivators. In some divorce cases, they even motivate a filer to lie or exaggerate marital conflicts for the sake of feeling less guilty about dissolving the marriage. As difficult and provoking as a divorce can be, keeping it a quiet, uncontested…
Besides the whole gravity thing, either love or money make the world go ’round; the catch is we aren’t exactly sure which one, or how much of both, cause the earth to make its orbit. If you look at the link between divorce and finances, you’re inclined to believe money…
In matters of the heart, all logic and reason seem to fly out the window; but when times get tough for romantics, hopefully the romantics turn into philosophers. In most marriages, there was something special that drew the people together in the first place. But over the years (or year),…
Understanding how a traumatic event, such as heartbreak, affects a person biologically can sometimes help the sufferer cope. Thanks to studies in neuroscience, this theory is readily available to put into practice. It turns out that the body’s reaction to social rejection likely originates from the brain’s response to physical…
There tends to be two basic coping mechanisms following abrupt, and at many times difficult, changes in one’s life. The fight-or-flight response summarizes them well. In the fight response, you take the change head on, courageously facing the issues that arise as you fight to keep your head above water.…
It’s safe to say we are a nation of clock-watchers. Time, how much or how little of it we have left, is a top concern within work as well as family environments. It can be a huge source of stress when, as a prime example, you’re stuck in rush hour…