The divorce proceedings between Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise have brought religious differences in a marriage to the forefront.  Katie was raised as a Catholic and Tom belongs to the Church of Scientology.  While reading articles about the couple’s divorce, some writers hint at, or come right out and say, that the controversial Church of [...]

The divorce rate of baby boomers has risen dramatically in the last decade.  These older divorcing Americans, will be advised by their attorneys on how their Social Security benefits will be affected by their divorce.  Although, those couples currently divorcing receive this helpful information, those who divorced years ago may not, and as a result, [...]

When a marriage ends in divorce,  most former spouses go on quietly to a new life.  However, there are those divorced individuals who throw a party to celebrate their divorce.  Is this a tasteless celebration that is held as a direct and intentional insult to a former spouse, or is the event an attempt at [...]

When a divorcing couple has spent their marriage sharing all aspects of their lives with one another, it may seem strange to acknowledge that they now not only need to build a new, separate life, but need to keep many aspects of that new life private from their former partner.  Even in an amicable divorce, [...]

Vera Wang, the very successful designer, and her husband of twenty-three years, Arthur Becker, have announced their separation.  Wang’s rep told E! News that the two have “mutually and amicably agreed to separate,”  and remain “devoted parents to their two daughters.” Although the two have announced their separation just two weeks shy of their 23rd [...]

The Pentagon reported last year that the military divorce rate has risen steadily since 2001, from 2.6 percent to 3.7 percent in 2011.  These figures point out that nearly 30,000 military marriages ended last year alone.  The civilian rate of divorce has actually fell, from 4 percent in 2001, to 3.5 percent in 2009, according [...]

In divorce cases that involve children, custody arrangements are made that makes it possible for both parents to actively take part in their children’s lives.  However, unseen events can occur, such as a job or military transfer, that makes it impossible for a non-custodial parent to physically be a part in his child’s life. Approximately [...]

A child has two parents.  In today’s society, these parents can be a man and a woman, a man and a man, and a woman and a woman.  A California state legislator wants to add even more parents to a child’s life by proposing legislation that would eliminate the statutory limit of two parents per [...]

Pinellas County Domestic Violence Task Force members are alarmed by the number of domestic violence-related homicide cases this year.  All ready this year, there have been seven domestic violence-related homicides, which is one more than in all of 2011.  This alarming raise in numbers of domestic violence-related homicides isn’t just occurring in Pinellas County, but [...]

What happens when a father learns that the child he has raised and loved for years is not his biological daughter?  The answer to that question, of course, depends on the father in each case and also on the laws of the state in which he resides. One father in Pennsylvania, Mike, found out the [...]