What is Mediation? Why do people Mediate? Mediation is often used as a first attempt to resolve marital disputes before relying on a court to determine the outcome. Mediation refers to the process where a third-party intervenes between the two…
Family Law
What To Do When Your Owed Child Support
Your owed child support…how do you get it? Most adults understand that child support occurs, in the case of a divorce, or if a child is born out of wedlock and the father is proven to be the child’s father,…
Prenuptial Agreements: AKA Prenups
What is a prenuptial agreements? AKA What is a prenup? These agreements are often glamorized on television or on celebrity tabloids. What a prenuptial agreement is, sometimes called a (“pre-nup” or prenup or pre-nuptial) , is basically an agreement between…
Steps of filing A Divorce
Steps of Filing A Divorce: Step 1 – Filing the Complaint An attorney helps one of the parties by filing a complaint which details reasons for the divorce, as well as the requested stipulations such as child support, spousal support.…
Divorce FAQ: Questions and Answers For Adults and Kids #3
This is our third article in our segment of answering frequently asked questions by adults and kids in regards to divorce. If you missed our first two segments you can find the first one here. And the second one here.…
Divorce FAQ: Questions and Answers For Adults and Kids #2
This is part number two of our segment on answering our users frequently asked questions on divorce. If you missed our first segment you can find it here. We will post our final segment soon. Divorce FAQ #5: How does living…
Divorce FAQ: Questions & Answers For Kids and Adults
Our site has gotten a number of questions from kids in regards to certain things regarding a divorce since our last informational post…or perhaps people pretending to be kids. Nevertheless whether you’re a kid of or whether you’re a grown…
Children’s Rights In Divorce
Children’s Rights in A Divorce: If you’re a kid reading this right now either your parents are currently going through a divorce, you think they might have a divorce, or your helping out a friend, or perhaps you’re a parent.…
What Are The Rights & Responsibilities Of Spouses?
Spousal responsibilities are not solely restricted to supporting a spouse in sickness and in health. Rather marriage brings with it financial and legal aspects as well. Some of these aspects, known as “marital rights” continue after the extinguishment of a…
Separation Agreement
The Basics: A legal separation is a voluntary agreement between two spouses when they decide that a divorce is likely probable. Spouses do not have to live separately from each other to enter into a separation agreement. Generally, such agreements…