One of the most difficult parts of co-parenting children after a break-up is transitioning them from one parent's home to the other for visits or custody exchanges. There's a lot of advice out there on how to ease these transitions for kids. As with much parenting...
Rhode Island Family Law Blog
‘Relationship stations’ help IKEA customers vent frustrations
Decorating or redecorating a home can be one of the most stressful experiences that any couple can go through. A big part of that, of course, is shopping for furniture, draperies, artwork and other home furnishings. Fans of the iconic romantic comedy "When Harry Met...
Child support has specific purposes
Determining the amount of child support that one parent pays to the other can be one of the most bitterly-contested phases of a divorce. If the couple can't work out an amount on their own and the matter goes to a family court judge, the amount of child support is...
Why should young couples get prenuptial agreements?
Prenuptial agreements are becoming more common among people of all ages and income levels. They're no longer the province of older, wealthy people or even young people with significant inheritances and trust funds. In fact, the increase in prenups among millennials is...
Your attorney can help you locate and price assets in divorce
Divorce can be a difficult time for everyone involved. If your former spouse is attempting to hide assets or retain more of the estate than is legal, you will likely have a difficult divorce. In cases where one spouse is attempting to hide assets, the help of an...
What is considered ‘income’ in determining child support?
Divorcing couples and their attorneys generally strive to reach agreements on the issues to be hammered out, like child support, without having to take these matters before a judge. However, if the issue of child support payments needs to go to court, there are legal...
Tips on getting a child support modification
At the time you signed the divorce papers and agreed to pay a certain amount of child support, it may have been an ideal situation. However, we all know how quickly life can change. We can lose a job, get demoted and have a debilitating injury derail our plans...
Is it time for a divorce?
The author Herman Hesse famously said, "Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go." This could easily be about divorce. Many try to hang on to a dead marriage because they think they're being strong for the children or holding the...
Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey finalize divorce
Let's face it — the phrase "amicable divorce" is, more often than not, an oxymoron. Yes, there are rare cases when a couple "consciously uncouples," everything goes smoothly and neither side harbors any hurt or ill feelings. In most cases, though, divorce is a...
Understanding Property Division
When you meet someone, fall in love, and decide to get married, you never imagine that one day you will want to divorce that person. Unfortunately, the reality is that the harder parts of life often interfere with love and about half of the marriages in the United...

