If you've read anything about healthy parenting after divorce, you know that you should never speak ill of your co-parent to your children. However, what happens if you find out that your ex is criticizing your parenting or saying negative things about you to your...
Month: April 2018
3 divorce challenges many couples face
You might think you're being smart and levelheaded about your divorce process, but navigating a marital breakup can be tricky. It's fairly easy to fall into various traps and make a host of mistakes. The types of mistakes a particular person may be prone to make...
How does retirement impact alimony?
When a person is ordered or agrees to pay alimony (spousal support) as part of a divorce, the amount and time frame are designated. Of course, changes to the financial situation of one or both of the former spouses may be grounds for modification of the original...
State supreme court hears couple’s common-law marriage case
Rhode Island is one of the minority of states where common-law marriage may be recognized by a court. However, whether a couple is in a common-law marriage can be a murky legal question. One Rhode Island couple who split after more than two decades living together is...
Divorcing spouses are increasingly spying on one another
Rhode Island family law attorneys and judges say that they're seeing what one lawyer called a "deluge of spy versus spy in Family Court." Our own Brenda Rioles notes, "It's become almost commonplace." Divorcing spouses are using GPS tracking devices, surveillance...