The United States stands largely alone in advanced-market democracies in drastically restricting where and how people can get help with their legal problems. In all states, under rules created by bar associations and state supreme courts, only people with law …
Research revealed that 28 per cent of parents of twins or triplets separated or divorced, compared with 24 per cent of other families. The study, entitled "The Effects of Twins and Multiple Births Families and Their Living Standards", showed that …
Kyle Pruett, a nationally renowned author and an eminent child psychiatrist at the Yale Child Study Center, and his wife, Marsha Kline Pruett, a professor at Smith College of Social Work, who has done landmark research on co-parenting, have together …
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It is really quite revolutionary, the idea that just by talking to each other, conflict can be resolved. While it is true that the adversarial system of conflict resolution is designed to do several things quite well, there are many …
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Couples in the process of divorce or already divorced should seek the help of several professionals when it comes to what to do with the family home including their Realtor and insurance agent, said expert and author Kelly Lise Murray, …
Breaking up is hard to do -- especially in a recession. With depressed home values and a dicey job market, divorces in Metro Detroit are down, as unhappy couples ride out the financial storm, the theory goes. But of those …
Studies have shown that one of the top five things that can wreck your retirement is divorce or a legal separation just prior to retirement and that is especially true for the federal employee. Whether you are CSRS or FERS, …
Living together before marriage doesn't necessarily increase the risk of divorce, but those who get engaged or married before cohabiting have a slight edge, according to a just-released national study. The prevalent belief, based on older studies, was that couples …
Living together before marriage doesn't significantly raise likelihood of divorce: study Read more »
Hindsight is always 20/20. Such is the case for Valerie, a 39 year old woman who told me recently that only now can she admit that she was holding on to her marriage with a death grip. "Not something you …
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Jose and Anna Tolentino moved into their Novato condo in August 2005, two days before Jose, a Navy reservist, shipped out to Kuwait. "I was happy to have my wife in such a nice place while I was away," he …