Divorce

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...

Abuse is about much more than physical violence. In many cases, abuse takes on an emotional form. While this type of abuse may be more subtle and prolonged, it can be just as damaging as physical abuse.  Emotional abuse from either spouse can make the marriage...

When you sign a prenuptial agreement, you make financial decisions about your divorce in advance. For instance, you may want to protect the wealth that you brought to the marriage, an inheritance you got from your parents or your investment in a small business. As...