Divorce

Divorce can often trigger a cascade of challenging financial issues. The divorce itself can be costly, and people have to divide their property. Statistically, the financial impact of divorce is often much more severe for women than it is for men. Their income tends...

Divorce tends to be a very emotionally tumultuous time. Even spouses who believe that ending a marriage is the right decision may struggle with some of the process. Matters that can affect other relationships and financial stability often provoke the most intense...

Some married couples use individual bank accounts, keeping their money separate and paying their own bills. But many couples use shared or joint accounts. These may be accounts where automatic withdrawals are made for mortgage payments or credit card payments. It may...

Working with an ex to raise children isn’t always easy, but it’s something that many parents have to adjust to. One of the important things to do is to set boundaries for your co-parenting relationship. Discussing these boundaries with your ex ensures that both...

Oftentimes, people's first thought about social media when they decide to divorce is that it can serve as a source of support. They may appreciate the idea of notifying everyone of the divorce at once instead of having dozens of uncomfortable conversations. People...

Couples will sometimes talk about having a child as a way to mend their relationship. They believe that working together as parents will bring them closer. Maybe they’ve been having a lot of conflict in their relationship and they just think that something is missing....

Most people are cautious about starting a new romantic relationship before their divorce is final. There are a host of reasons why it’s generally not a good idea to jump into a new relationship when you’re still processing everything that happened in the previous one....

Divorce is often complex and rarely easy, but mediation could help to simplify things when ending a marriage. This collaborative and cooperative approach can help end even the most contentious divorce disputes without going to court. Many believe mediation is only for...

We recently discussed how debt factors into property division during divorce. In fact, couples who get divorced often mention money troubles as one of the things that led to their divorce. Just over half of respondents (54%) to one survey listed their spouse’s debt as...

Discussions about marital infidelity typically focus on sexual contact. The physical act of intimacy between a married person and an outside party does irrevocable damage to a marital relationship. Emotional infidelity or the process of growing closer to someone other...