Summer is here and thus divorce season is now officially in full force. According to researchers with the University of Washington, divorce filings are highest throughout the country in the months of March and August.Researchers at the school had initially begun their...
Month: June 2017
Understanding Florida child support
Divorce can be tough for anyone, but if you have children, you may face additional issues. Florida couples in the process of divorcing often have questions about how child support works. The concept of child support has its roots in the legal principle that parents...
Protecting investments and retirement accounts during divorces
Divorces are up among those 50 and older in the United States. In fact, this group's divorce rate has more than doubled since 1990. Perhaps one of the most concerning side effects of this trend is the risk that it poses to retirement or investments that one or both...
Requesting to relocate with your child
When custodial parents choose to relocate with their children, it can greatly disrupt their child custody situations. More commonly than not, the noncustodial parent may object to the relocation on the grounds that the long distance relationship between parent and...
How to ready yourself financially before filing for a divorce
One of the reasons so many people fear getting divorced is because of the degree of financial uncertainty that comes with having to go back to trying to covering expenses all on one's own. If you know that a divorce is looming, however, it doesn't have to be a such a...
How gifts and inheritances are handled when divorcing in Florida
When a couple decides to divorce, finances can quickly become a contentious issue, especially when an individual is faced with having to give up some of his or her hard-earned money, a portion of his or her inheritance or a piece of a monetary gift he or she...