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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....
If the relationship between you and your soon-to-be ex is still too toxic for the two of you to communicate effectively as co-parents, your attorney or someone else may have mentioned the idea of "parallel parenting." This type of arrangement allows parents to remain...
If you are a parent, you will know the compulsion to protect your child at all costs. This may mean that you are occasionally overprotective of them, but it probably also means that you have an instinct when things are not right. If you are separated from your child's...
Many divorce attorneys see their clients' eyes glaze over when they start talking about dividing up the couple's 401(k) and other retirement accounts. However, these assets represent years of hard-earned savings that you're counting on to help you be able to retire...
Many people regularly go on Facebook and other social media sites to express their opinions about politics, sports, who won The Bachelor, what we think about Katy Perry's latest hairstyle and more. If you're going through a tumultuous divorce, it can be hard to resist...
With spring break approaching and then summer not too far behind, newly-separated or divorced parents may be dreading spending time away from their kids while they're off making memories with their other parent. Vacations make up some of our best memories -- both as...
Differences in attitudes and behavior when it comes to money are among the greatest sources of tension in many marriages, whether a couple has limited assets or considerable ones. It's important for couples to have some frank discussions about money before they marry...
If you and your child's other parent face difficulty sharing custody, you are far from the first parents to experience this struggle. Even healthy, caring individuals who want to work together to create a good life for the child they both love find the process of...
