Immediately following is a depiction of post-divorce life in a few short words that is far from a hypothetical for many ex-spouses in Florida and across the country.It goes like this: Your former spouse agreed to pay certain things like child support and spousal...
Month: February 2014
QDRO: An acronym some divorcing spouses might want to know
A recent Forbes article cites data from the United States Census Bureau indicating that, sadly, the financial terms of divorce agreements are honored less than half the time by ex-husbands.That can understandably lead to a high level of angst and frustration -- as...
Proof in the numbers: Divorces jump as the economy heats up
When the United States began pulling out of what many Americans call the Great Recession of recent years in 2009, the divorce rate nationally was reportedly at its lowest in about four decades.As the economy began to once again pick up steam and a sustained momentum,...
DOJ announces new federal rights for same-sex married couples
Since the 1996 enactment of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, states have been allowed to forgo legal recognition of same-sex marriages entered into and deemed legal in other states. The law long enabled states barring same-sex marriages to argue against the...
Divorce for many: wrenching, yes, but, oh, the aftermath’s upside
Unquestionably, much in media articles focused on marital dissolution seems to stress, well, the stress.Granted, angst, dislocation, anger, nervousness and a lot of other assorted feelings can come to prominence immediately preceding, during and following a divorce....
Domestic abuse focus: beauticians as allies and referral sources
For a variety of reasons, women in Florida and elsewhere who are in troubled relationships often shield that fact from outsiders. They may be embarrassed. Alternatively, they might be afraid or simply view details of their private lives as being off limits to...
Opinion: empowerment tips and the “good divorce”
When it comes to marital dissolution in Florida or anywhere else, here’s the bottom-line tip from a family law author and commentator: “Try for the good divorce first.”Although that can imply a lot of things, obviously, Margaret Klaw says that it...
Slow but notable demographic shift: more ex-wives paying alimony
A sub-heading in a recent media article on family law is entitled “Pride Yields to Math.”Those words seem well placed when it comes to the focus of their subject matter, which is spousal support.Particularly support in cases where ex-wives are the payers....
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