Monthly Archives: January 2026
What Happens When the Stay-at-Home Mom Dream Falls Apart?
Several decades ago, divorce laws assumed that in most couples going through a divorce, the husband had employment income, but the wife did not; that was why alimony awards were the rule rather than the exception, and they tended to last for a long time, usually until one of the former spouses died or… Read More »
Keeping Up With Legal Requirements When Your Life Is Falling Apart
In family law, almost nothing is forever. In the best-case scenario, a parenting plan remains in force until the child reaches adulthood; if the parenting plan pertains to more than one child, then it requires modification as each child reaches the age of majority. Modifying a parenting plan at some point between the divorce… Read More »
Divorce Goals Are Not One Size Fits All
Making you feel bad about yourself is the point of social media. You might see tabloid content about a celebrity’s adorable divorce, with pictures of recently divorced spouses celebrating their child’s birthday together or going on a double date with their new partners. Your coworkers and former classmates who are divorced might also make… Read More »
Supervised Parenting Time Orders Do Not Include an Automatic Reversion to the Previous Parenting Plan
Improving your relationship with your children, perhaps even officially increasing your parenting time, is an admirable goal for the new year. If the court has ordered you to exercise supervised parenting time only, you may feel like you face an uphill battle. Supervised parenting time orders mean that another adult, as indicated in the… Read More »
New Year’s Resolution: Making Peace With Your Divorce
You knew that feeling discombobulated while your divorce was pending was normal, but why do you still feel lost now that your divorce is final? Being single after an unhappy marriage is not the exciting adventure that the lifestyle influencers said it would be; at least, it is not that was for you. A… Read More »
How Does Inherited Property Affect Your Divorce Case
When you are living paycheck to paycheck, inheriting money from a deceased relative sounds like a dream come true, since it will bring relief to at least some of your financial problems. In reality, it is less glamorous, and it often creates as many problems as it solves. Specifically, it might upset the routine… Read More »
How Much Can the Divorce Court Micromanage Your Mental Health?
Sometimes the narrative about mental health seems to be changing. Social media personalities who post content about their experiences with depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues attract millions of viewers. Clinical psychologists, mental health counselors, and other mental health professionals find their services in such high demand that many of them have changed… Read More »
How Long Must You Financially Support Your Disabled Ex-Spouse After a Brief Marriage?
Couples take wedding vows to stay together in sickness and in health, but often, chronic ill health erodes relationships, and sometimes it leads to divorce. When this happens, this divorce court must uphold the principle of equitable distribution while accounting for the fact that one of the spouses cannot reenter the workforce, even though… Read More »