It is not uncommon for a couple's marriage to wither as the focus turns to raising the family or their job. This can lead to collaborative divorces where their working relationship is still healthy even if the romance is gone. Then there are ones where the marriage...
Year: 2021
Tips for making mediation work
Divorce mediation often offers many benefits to couples planning to divorce. There are different formats, but it is generally a collaborative approach where you and your spouse work collaboratively to find solutions for parenting time, division of assets and other...
The newly divorced face many changes during the holidays
The holidays can be a stressful time for anyone. It can be due to year-end deadlines at work, more social and family obligations, or perhaps the sense of sadness brought on by all forced friendliness that seems to be everywhere. These points can be all the more acute...
Hidden assets could be a problem
It is common for one spouse to handle finances for the family. In fact, the other spouse may have no idea of the family’s take-home income, the value assets, investments, retirement plans and other things of value. Ignorance may even be bliss as long as the family...
Habits that newly separated parents should avoid
Parents’ separation and divorce will often have a seismic impact upon the family. They need to navigate parenting plans, adjust to living with divided assets, and other new arrangements. Parents will actually need to work harder at communicating, jointly making...
How alimony now works
The previous generations’ divorces often involved a husband breadwinner and a housewife who did not have a job outside the home. It meant that the husband would usually need to pay both child support to the wife who often had custody (or was the custodial parent) and...
Can I force my spouse to leave during our divorce?
Many people make decisions and then act on them. It can be small items like choosing what to eat, but this inclination can also involve life-changing matters like divorce. So may make sense that a spouse planning to divorce would separate before the divorce is final,...
Trimble, Henry, Oldham, Jefferson, Shelby counties Judge denies couple’s grounds for divorce
In early September, Doug and Nicole Potts were stunned when Family Court Judge Monica Meredith said that their marriage was not irretrievably broken as the couple claimed, which is required by state law for marriage dissolution. Despite the couple’s 13-year marriage,...
Common symptoms of spouses with anger issues
Feeling anger is a natural emotion from time to time. Everyone should feel this way sometimes, regardless of their medication, workout routine or other stress-busting strategies. Getting mad may be appropriate and often put the body and mind on alert for necessary...
Commingling funds puts business ownership at risk
Business owners and their spouses planning to divorce generally understand the concept of marital property and nonmarital property. While there are exceptions for inheritance, gifts, disability rewards, and a few other premises, marital property in Kentucky involves...