Like any life-changing trouble, divorce carries loss, pain, and change. It also holds the seeds that can turn you into a wiser and joyful you. To heal and then thrive means moving past the emotional chaos through self-compassion, letting yourself struggle with the pieces of your life that are no longer working for you, and […]

What This Article Covers: This article covers the character and types of property subject to division between spouses in divorce proceedings. The two major legal categories that govern the division of property in divorce are Separate Property and Community Property, also referred to as marital property. We will first cover the legal difference between community […]

Getting married is easy. Getting divorced is hard. Thankfully, mediation has made the process of divorce much less stressful and costly than litigating a divorce in court. According to the Civil Mediation Council, 75-80% of cases settle on the day of the mediation itself, and another 10-15% settle shortly after. Mediation has grown in popularity over […]

Going through a divorce is both emotionally and financially draining. If your spouse contests your divorce, you should consider that attorney fees and costs in your case can run into tens of thousands of dollars.  Depending on your financial situation, if you go from a two-income family to a one-income one, you might find yourself […]

Contested Or Non-Contested Divorce. Fault Or No-Fault Based Divorce. In almost all states, spouses have a choice to file a no-fault or fault-based divorce. In addition, both of these types of divorce can be contested or uncontested. What does this mean? Mostly, it means that before you file for divorce, you should carefully consider whether […]

Depending on your state jurisdiction, the term divorce lawyer is used interchangeably with the term family lawyer. The following includes the educational and legal requirements of divorce and family lawyers, their professional responsibility to their clients, and the kinds of tasks they are called upon to perform on behalf of their clients. This article includes […]

In marriage, we go from our single identity personhood to a combined identity. On just one ceremonial day, vows get exchanged, and we are in union with another soul.  In living together, a close and enduring partnership can also notice a slow but steady merging of individual identities.  But things can and do change, and […]

How To Legally Change Your Name Whether it’s a divorce or a midlife crisis, people are changing their names in record numbers for various reasons. Some change their name to have a greater say in their own identity. More commonly, however, most name changes occur following a divorce in which the spouse wants to change […]

What are the differences between a Divorce and an Annulment? This article will cover the essential differences between a divorce and an annulment, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each. Annulment An annulment is a court order that judicially determines the marriage was not legally validly entered into in the first place and […]

Developing a nurturing and happy marriage can be challenging, even in the best economic times. It can be challenging to keep one’s marriage together when money is tight, and when economic times turn bad, when one or both spouses face the prospect of losing a job or have to live under the risk of an […]