An Ohio lawmaker who has been blocked four times in his efforts to pass legislation to protect deployed service members from losing custody of their children has launched a new two-pronged effort to try to get his proposal into law. …
If you or someone you know is heading toward, or already embroiled in, a divorce, the term can make your eyes glaze over: qualified domestic relations order. For an ex-spouse, though, those four words can spell the difference between a …
Layoffs, wage cuts, foreclosures and other financial setbacks are forcing many couples into reworked settlements, creative separations and postponements, divorce experts say. Enrollment in self-help classes for divorce is also rising. via Divorce? In this recession, it's anything but fun …
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An Op-Ed piece in the New York Times ("No Fault of Their Own", by the marriage and family therapist Ruth Bettelheim, Feb. 17, 2010) has proposed "no-fault custody proceedings" as a solution to bitter struggles about child custody when couples …
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If eHarmony is the Web site bringing lovebirds to the threshold of marriage, Facebook is the one showing up for the divorce. The world's most popular social media site is revolutionizing the divorce experience, pouring toxin into virtually every stage …
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AS we have just passed the 40th anniversary of that much vilified institution, the no-fault divorce, it is an appropriate moment to re-evaluate how divorce affects families, and particularly children. The California law took effect on Jan. 1, 1970, and …
Kristi Schwartz is a third grade teacher in Canton who understands the importance of books. When she and her husband decided to get a divorce in 2006, she had trouble finding a children’s book to help explain it to their …
Attorney General Greg Abbott is trying to halt a San Antonio woman's divorce from her same-sex spouse on grounds their Massachusetts marriage isn't recognized in Texas. via Texas trying to stop same-sex divorce.
There’s nothing that can upset a financial plan more quickly and thoroughly than a separation or divorce. Thankfully, there are ways to prepare yourself. Here’s what you need to know when you’re thinking of making the big split. via Divorce …
Your family is not named Lohan or Spelling, and your feuds aren’t plastered across People or Us magazines. But they are still painful, hurtful and destructive — emotionally and physically — to the parties involved as well as to other …