Make The Divorce Process Simpler
Some divorces take months -- even years, in some exceptional cases -- to resolve, especially where child custody and child support, a prenuptial agreement, complex property division and additional matters may be configuring factors.The Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes...
Commentators are heavily weighing in on how the recent Tom Cruise/Katie Holmes divorce announcement will ultimately play out, with a number of issues being pointed to and discussed.Those include child custody of the couple's young daughter, Suri. In Holmes' recent...
Going through a divorce can be a tumultuous time, and just getting it over with is often the goal for many people. Striving to get along with each other through the process is another purposeful aim for many couples, but some family experts note that being too nice...
As a well-known figure in Florida, Miami Heat basketball star Dwyane Wade is accustomed to being poked, prodded and otherwise examined in media accounts taking a look at various aspects of his personal life.Most recently, such stories have centrally focused on his...
The United States is one step closer to actively collecting child support from some non-paying parents with obligations living outside the country. The House of Representatives voted to ratify a 2007 international treaty that will ensure families of support they are...
Sometimes the buzz word most closely associated with a story concerning a rich professional athlete simply has to be "zany."Take the case of Miami Heat professional basketball player and long-time star Chris Bosh. Bosh and a girlfriend had a daughter three years ago,...
Depending on who you ask, alimony is either a necessary protection or an outdated condition of divorce. Alimony was originally designed to financially support spouses -- mostly women -- who exit a marriage with little-to-no personal income or earning prospects. As the...
Although lauding the statistics showing that Florida has an overall crime rate presently that is the lowest in many decades, Gov. Rick Scott recently voiced the need for additional protections to benefit would-be and actual victims of domestic violence and child...
An entrepreneur from the Netherlands is proactively pushing an idea in the United States that has gained traction for him back home. He calls it the Divorce Hotel.In a nutshell, Jim Halfens' idea works like this: A divorcing couple shows up at the hotel on Friday and,...
Marissa Alexander is a slender woman who stands just slightly over five feet tall. Her husband, conversely, is a 245-pound man. In a 2010 incident, Alexander fired a handgun into a kitchen wall in the couple's home, which she stated was a "warning shot" to make her...