Warring across waters
If you think your marriage is failing, it's time to contact a lawyer; but the country in which you file for divorce could make all the difference to your settlement. Mark King explains. Breaking up may be hard to do, …
Author: Jane Tate
Dads who don't live with their kids find ways to be involved
Half of all U.S. children won't live with their father for part of their childhood. But just because "non-resident" dads don't live with their kids doesn't mean they're not involved with them. "There are fathers that are very involved. There …
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Beware of Adversarial Divorce Lawyers: One Woman's Story
This is just another travesty of justice perpetrated by a shark divorce lawyer who saw the opportunity to get an advantage over the "adversary" instead of trying to help a young couple set up a fair parenting plan that took …
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The graying of divorce
AFTER 33 YEARS of marriage, Martha McDowell's husband told her he wanted a divorce. He provided few reasons. They were trivial, and to her did not justify ending their union. "He just didn't want to be married anymore," says McDowell, …
Boomers bond, share advice on parenting their parents
Ian Gardner has learned a thing or 20 in the past few years about how to juggle a job and raise a family while caring for both a frail mother and an 80-year-old father-in-law with Alzheimer's. And he's keen to …
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Priorities: Children or Spouse?
Who is more important to you — your spouse or your children? Ask most parents whom they would save from a burning building, and odds are they would say their children. Similarly, many would argue that in a fast-paced, overstuffed …
Sometimes unequal works
(An interesting Op-Ed by a Father on pending child custody legislation in Canada) Tomorrow, June 16, is a day that has come far too quickly: my daughter Zara's first birthday. It is a time to pause and reflect on the …
Could you be 'infected' by friend's divorce?
Divorce is contagious in social networks, a new study says. The idea is based on the theory of social contagion, or the spread of behavior or emotion through a group. In this case, the heated feelings and actions of one …
Divorce Dialogues: Experiences in Disunion
I got the idea for this "Divorce Dialogues" column while in the weight room of my local rec center. I heard a young woman talking to her lifting partner about her divorce, and she said, "Just tell me there's light …
Divorce Can Be Financially Devastating
Divorce is an unpleasant and common occurrence in many families in America today. Who would have ever thought that Al and Tipper Gore would call it quits after 40 years? You've seen the statistics that show there is an almost …