Who will raise the children is many times the most emotionally charged and highly contested issue of a divorce.  The best way to determine child custody is by a voluntary agreement  between the parents as this allows both parents to create a custody arrangement that best meets their and their children’s needs and desires.  However, [...]

Many marriage vows contain the words, “for richer or poorer.”  A new study by Brigham Young University and William Patterson University found that when both spouses’ emphasis is on the “for richer” part of their vows, there is a good possibility there will be trouble in the marriage. The two university’s researchers surveyed 1,700 married [...]

In this country today, about fifty percent of marriages end in divorce.  There are those who question if it would be wiser if couples lived together to see if they were compatible and then married.  In the past, if a couple lived together before marrying, it was a sign that if the couple did marry, [...]

The end of a marriage is one of the most stressful times in a person’s life.  A divorce can lead to feelings of anger, guilt, grief, anxiety and other intense feelings.  In most divorces, couples, or their lawyers, will discuss and work out the terms of the divorce.  What happens, though, if one partner in [...]

When an unmarried parent adopts his or her partner’s biological or adoptive child without eliminating the parental rights of the biological parent, this is considered second parent adoption.  In Florida, second parent adoptions are treated the same as regular adoptions, which means there will be a home study, parental fitness tests, court appearances and plenty [...]

An NFL receiver’s treatment of his wife during an argument not only ended in his arrest, but also resulted in his wife filing divorce papers. Evelyn Lozada, VH1 Basketball Wives star, filed for divorce from her husband of 41 days, Chad Johnson, according to Sports Illustrated.  Johnson was arrested for allegedly head butting his wife [...]

Married  couples divorce for many reasons, but their reasons usually fall into ten categories.  Although some of the issues in a marriage can be addressed if caught in time, there are those issues that may not be repairable. Infidelity is one of the most common reasons for divorce in this country.  Although cheating is usually [...]

How long does a parent pay child support in the state of Florida?  In general, most people think child support automatically ends when the child reaches the age of majority, which means turning eighteen years old.  However, this isn’t always true.   Before 2010, child support did not automatically end when a child turned eighteen years [...]

One of Motown’s greatest musicians, Stevie Wonder, has filed for divorce from his wife of eleven years, Kai Miller Morris.  Divorce papers were filed several days ago in California, though the couple is reported to have been separated since 2009. Stevie Wonder, 62-years-old, who has been blind since shortly after birth from detached retinas, was [...]

Divorce is a painful, emotional time in a person’s life.   When going through a divorce, the stress and emotional upheaval can cause some individuals’ performance to drop at work.  Added to that, some may also find their employer subpoenaed for information, their chances for a promotion disappearing, or their business in jeopardy, too.   Those who [...]