Tomorrow spells the long-awaited effective date on which American consumers can begin browsing online for health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act.That law, better known to millions as Obamacare, allows individuals and families in Florida and nationally to...
Month: September 2013
Poverty and the need of child support payments
More than half of children living in a home faced by poverty do not reside with both parents. Many of these parents likely do not have in place a visitation order. This is often because many of these couples were never married to begin with. The one benefit of...
Woman’s play spotlights domestic violence in South Florida
Sherell Rosegreen, a Lauderdale Lakes resident in Broward County, survived a marriage marked by domestic violence acts repeatedly visited on her by her ex-husband. She subsequently wrote a book about it entitled “Abused Under His Charm” as an act of...
New study on military divorce undercuts previous findings
Some readers in Florida and elsewhere might recollect a study authored by the RAND Corporation (a global nonprofit that provides policy analysis on a number of subjects for the United States government) several years ago on the topic of military divorce.That 2007...
Collaborative divorce can help couples feel in control
We recently wrote about alternatives to a traditional divorce in Florida. One of those alternatives is a collaborative divorce. Our earlier warning that the collaborative process might not be the best choice for every couple still rings true -- which is why seeking...
Prenuptial agreement could leave Google co-founder feeling lucky
Planning ahead is something that many people do on a regular basis. We plan for budgets, vacations, doctor's appointments and even retirement. But there are some plans that are harder to make. For example, many people may not want to make plans for a divorce before...
Tips for retirement planning during divorce
Divorce can have a significant impact on a person's retirement plans, especially for individuals getting divorced after the age of 50. The closer a person is to retiring, the more of a hit their retirement funds may take when getting divorced.This is because spouses...
Focus on single dads opting for fatherhood through surrogacy
Trey Powell, a resident of Seattle, says that he engaged in a lot of self-reflection and internally asked himself lots of questions before he began his walk down the path of becoming a single father through surrogacy.“I had to be sure it was the right thing to...