Divorce Detox: Sleep is one of our most precious resources during divorce. It's vital to our health and well-being. During sleep, the body renews its energy, releases growth hormones and heals. Yet during divorce -- a time of extreme stress …
Franco Margarita wants his six-year-old son to play outdoor sports. His ex-wife, he says, would rather let their boy play on the Wii. While they were still married, Mr. Margarita urged his wife to be firm when their son threw …
Disagreements over childrearing are growing cause of divorce Read more »
Even in a strong economy, divorce is often difficult and costly; but in a prolonged recession it can be financially devastating. For example, suppose that: * Neither spouse can afford to buy out the other and you're forced to sell …
Divorce is an end to marriage -- but not an end to parenting for couples who have had kids together. For them, divorce is the beginning of a new, lengthy relationship that can either be full of tension or cooperation. …
Parties in legal matters ranging from divorce and child custody to business contracts are increasingly opting for alternative dispute resolution to settle their differences. Proponents of this model note that conflicts can be settled more quickly and amicably — especially …
Attitude Adjustment Why Alternative Dispute Resolution Is Growing in Popularity Read more »
It's the money, honey. High-flying career women who are the breadwinners in their families are nearly 40 percent more likely to get a divorce than cash-strapped ladies, a surprising 25-year study shows. The access to dough makes it far easier …
Women breadwinners more likely to split with their husbands Read more »
While it's shocking front page news that gets our attention like Larry King not having a prenuptial agreement with his seventh wife, the more sensational thing to me is that most people don't really even know who they are marrying …
Affairs of the Wallet: Financial Smarts for Marriage and Divorce Read more »
Not everything fits in a magazine article, even in 8,000 words, and one path of reporting that didn’t make it into this week’s story was how examples of sharing can be found in a most unexpected place — among divorced …
Parents of girls are 5 percent more likely to divorce than parents of boys. Economists first analyzed the data that way in 2003, when Gordon Dahl at the University of Rochester and Enrico Moretti at U.C.L.A., identified that gap, and …
Six years after two young Reston boys were taken to Germany by their mother, the father of the boys still is fighting to have them returned. Gregory Gardner, 38, who married a German national living in the U.S. only two …
Custody lines blur when parents cross international waters Read more »