Make The Divorce Process Simpler
Across the nation, marriage and divorce law is in confusion when it comes to dealing with same-sex unions. Because some states allow same-sex marriage and others don't, there are a growing number of cases of individuals seeking legal recourse related to marriage when...
What's with the divorce rate?That is the very simple question asked in a recent family law article written by Robert Hughes, Jr., a university professor. The professor's brief biography appended at the end of his piece written yesterday in the Huffington Post states...
Recent national attention being focused on family law-related legislation in Alabama serves as a reminder that many states -- including Florida -- impose a class requirement on divorcing parents with children.The would-be Alabama law is still at the fledgling stage,...
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,...
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...
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....
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...
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....
The blue/red political divide that marks the United States is often referenced in the media and well understood by many millions of Americans.In quick summary, so-called “blue” states are deemed comparatively liberal, generally supportive of Democratic...
Imagine that you’re stuck in a bad marriage that can never end, with no chance of ever breaking free despite a hundred reasons or more to run madly toward the door that blinks “divorce.”In other words, and notwithstanding a fundamental disconnect in...