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The summer months don't have to be stressful ones just because you and your ex have a child custody agreement. With proper planning, you can enjoy the time you have with your children during the summer and they can have fun without having to worry about school. One of...
Mother's Day and Father's Day can be among the trickiest holiday for divorced parents. If you and your co-parent have a strained relationship, it can be difficult to muster the will to help your kids prepare to celebrate a day when your ex is celebrated. If your kids...
We've all heard of the "Seven Year Itch." There was even a movie by that title in which a faithful husband is tempted by a woman he meets on vacation, played by Marilyn Monroe. Now researchers are seeing a growing phenomenon that some call the "20-year itch." It's one...
When most parents divorce, they work out a child support agreement (or a court determines one for them.) The agreement may be modified based on a significant change in circumstances, such as if the paying parent loses a job. However, what if one of the parents...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Increasingly, women are out-earning their husbands. That means that in divorce, more men are now seeking alimony from their wives. There's even a rather unflattering nickname for it -- "manimony." We don't know what percentage of men currently receive alimony....
