Helping Kids with Divorce

The most difficult part of divorce for parents is the worry and heartache associated with how the divorce will affect their children. These suggestions will help to make the divorce easier for the kids.

Where Are You Going To Put Your Energy?

Regardless of what we think is right, society teaches us that money (and having it) is important, especially as a divorced woman. I learned that I had to put all of my energy into making my own money. Do whatever it takes to have something of your own.

Divorce - Lower Cost Alternatives to an Attorney

Many years ago hiring a divorce attorney was financially devastating for many people. Divorce was for the wealthy. The rest of us had no options. We had to beg, borrow, or steal to find the money for an attorney. But now there are more options than ever before for anyone facing a divorce.

Protecting Your Assets In Divorce

Wisconsin divorce cases allow for some protection before starting a divorce. Wisconsin family law rules also prevent certain actions pending divorce.

Client Preparation for Custody Evaluations and Court-Ordered Mediation

Custody mediations and evaluations are critical in contested custody cases, yet clients routinely go into sessions without a basic knowledge about the process and what is expected of them, and often with inflexible positions on custody arrangements. Family lawyers, therapists and parenting educators can help clients dig themselves out of entrenched positions, evaluate their goals, and develop a child-centered parenting plan that will get them through the mediation and evaluation process and promote the best interests of their children.

In Divorce, Women No Longer Have All the Power

For many years the process of divorce was a process heavily biased toward women, to balance out the fact that it was a man's world. But the laws have changed. In divorce, women no longer have all the power. Now, divorce is more even playing field and men don't automatically lose everything.

Tips for Getting the Child Support You Deserve

Could this be you? Your son’s pants are three inches above his ankle bone. Your daughter needs $10.00 for a school field trip. You just checked the calendar and Christmas is only three weeks off. The child support check you rely on to barely get you by each week hasn’t arrived in three months. Are you aware of what your local child support enforcement agency can do for you?

Divorce and Hidden Assets

There are ways to protect yourself from a spouse who hides assets in the divorce or separation process.

Marriage Guidance - Is It Worth It?

Often when two people fall out of love and things start to go wrong in a marriage they do not think to seek marriage guidance straight away. For many couples marriage guidance can often help in the early stages as things have not had time to fester and resentment set in. The earlier couples attend marriage guidance the quicker their problems can be aired.

Divorce Mediation A Relatively Speedy and Low Cost Alternative

Is it possible to have an easy divorce? A low cost divorce? Or do all divorce settlements necessarily end in hard feelings and financial ruin? The truth is that divorce can be low-cost and easy… or it can be a long ordeal that can drag on for months.

Divorce - How to Survive Financially

When considering divorce and its financial consequences, it may at times seem hard to believe that anyone can survive it. Vengeful wives have been known to max out their husbands’ credit cards prior to a divorce settlement and deadbeat dads have been known to refuse to pay alimony and child support. The consequences can be devastating and nightmarish.

Five Steps Before Filing Divorce

Getting a divorce can be stressful and full of situations that are tremendously challenging. Without having some kind of divorce support, it becomes tempting to avoid dealing with it altogether, leaving the prospect of staying in an unhappy marriage as a festering thought in the back of both of your minds.

How to Get A Divorce

While each person’s situation is unique, there are steps to follow that are common to all in the event that you and/or your spouse decide to file for divorce. Here is some general divorce advice:

Coping With Divorce Anger

Anger is a natural emotion during the divorce process. While these feelings may seem foreign to your normal disposition, they are actually a necessary part of your healing.