Each time Elizabeth Moore returns from the supermarket, she expects her sons to help her unload groceries from the car. Her oldest, 13-year-old Jake, is always the first to help, while her youngest, 8-year-old Sam, complains the whole time. Meanwhile …
Each time Elizabeth Moore returns from the supermarket, she expects her sons to help her unload groceries from the car. Her oldest, 13-year-old Jake, is always the first to help, while her youngest, 8-year-old Sam, complains the whole time. Meanwhile …
Moving in together before marriage used to be associated with a higher risk for divorce. But now, as more unmarried couples than ever before decide to live under the same roof, do they face the same fate? Sociologists think the …
Too many parents fighting over child custody use the courts as their first option to resolve the dispute, Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly has said. He called on estranged parents to make greater use of independent mediation to resolve their differences. …
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(PLEASE NOTE: This article refers to Ohio law and may not be applicable in your state.) If you are married, what's "mine" is really "ours." A large percentage of my practice deals with divorce and dissolution cases. Many people are …
Personal finances can be so bad during recessions that couples are forced to put off divorce, simply because they can't afford to live on their own. Experts say figuring out how to split up a household can be daunting, especially …
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Social scientists have been talking about a "retreat from marriage" for at least 20 years. The overall pattern is a decline in marriage and rise in cohabitation, a delay in marriage to later ages, and high rates of divorce (even …
While you may need and feel you have a right to see your children 50pc of the time, it doesn't always work out so neatly. Be flexible in your arrangements and always discuss changes to the routine with each other …
It's possible that you won't even know -- studies show that only 5 percent of middle-schoolers tell their parents when they're the victims of cyberbullying (a disturbing statistic, if we ever saw one). Watch for these clues that something's going …
For 16 years, between the time I split up with my son's mother and the time he left school and moved in with me full-time, I was what might be termed a quarter-time dad. Although I was a parent to …