When couples divorce, they often are faced with the task of selling the family home. In fact, that's the choice made by over 60 percent of divorcing couples. It's often not financially feasible for one spouse to buy out the other's share and maintain the house alone....
Month: December 2017
A sound parenting agreement should include many things
The thought of going through a divorce is challenging enough. Even if you know this is the best thing you can do, it goes without saying that you will have some reservations. Fortunately, knowledge of the process makes it much easier for you to move forward one step...
How to improve the outcome of your divorce
No divorce is easy -- emotionally or in any other sense. However, there are steps that everyone can take to improve the ultimate outcome and lessen the drama.. One of the first steps is to hire an experienced divorce attorney with whom you feel comfortable and who...
A child support modification can improve your finances
You pay child support with the idea that it will help your child live a better life. While there is nothing wrong with this, you only have so much money to go around. This is why there could come a point when you need to request a child support modification. If your...
How can you avoid toxic communication with your co-parent?
Toxic relationships don't necessarily become less toxic when a couple parts ways. In fact, sometimes, the stress and conflict of divorce can bring even more animosity between people. However, when you have children, you have to find a way to communicate civilly for...
What’s the future of proposal to eliminate alimony deduction?
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed its version of the tax reform bill that was supported by most of its Republican members. It has now moved to the Senate. The Senate's current version of the bill, however, contains some significant differences. The House...
Focus on the big matters and let the small ones go
For a child, having parents who don't live together is often difficult to handle. If you are a parent in that position, you need to think carefully about how you are going to deal with your child's other parent. It might seem all too easy to just nitpick at everything...
Does it make sense to split custody of the kids between parents?
When married couples split up, they often don't initiate divorce proceedings in an amicable fashion. Especially, when kids are in the picture, the prospect of a parent not getting to spend his or her free time with his or her child may make things quite difficult to...