Let's face it: The afterglow of that Valentine's Day proposal often begins to dim as discussions of wedding details get started. The happy couples face potential buzz killers that are financial (how to keep reception costs down), logistical (where to …
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Thanks to plummeting property values, divorcing couples now find themselves fighting for the right not to keep the house. via New divorce plea: No, you take the house! | Washington Examiner.
March 4 -- Two new studies combined to make it a bad week for love, especially among those living together without a wedding ring or considering marriage in a state that won't endorse their union. via Co-Habitation, Divorce and Mental …
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Your dog may think he's people, but in an Illinois custody battle he's got no more civil rights than a table lamp. via Daily Herald | More than a lamp, less than a child, but what is a pet in …
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The rough Michigan economy is thought to have driven down the divorce rate in recent years, but those who are divorcing are trying to hold down costs by representing themselves. Increasingly these couples are splitting up debt rather than assets. …
Two major veterans groups have endorsed legislation that would protect deployed service members from losing custody of children. But their support might not be enough to overcome strong objections from the American Bar Association. via ABA opposed to child custody …
Just hearing the words child support sparks an emotional response. Fathers who feel like the rules are more about the paycheck than the parenting, mothers who say they can’t live on what they have. via Are child support rules unfair …
Was joint custody a mistake? Eight years after my divorce, I am a single parent with half a child via Was joint custody a mistake? - Parenting - Salon.com.
Divorce is everywhere. It screams at us from tabloid headlines at the grocery store checkout. It touches us personally when, as adults, our parents finally call it quits, or our own starter marriage fizzles. It's also universally ugly. Between custody …
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WHEN family mediator Jonathan Toussaint asked a 13-year-old boy recently what message he wanted to give his separated mother and father, the boy replied: "I have two messages. When you speak to each other, use each other's names [not insults] …