Archive for April, 2009

Organize Your Way To A Cheaper Divorce

Many clients do not have the time or inclination to organize their financial documentation, and most family law attorneys spend countless hours with support staff sifting through piles of checking and savings account statements, cancelled checks, quarterly statements, and other personal and business documents. In many cases, the client has the financial wherewithal to afford [...]

Surviving Your Divorce

An amicable divorce – what is that? We can remain friends even though our relationship didn’t work out. Yeah, right!When you are getting a divorce, it may seem impossible to envision a future where you will become friends with your ex-spouse. So many issues which led to your separation and dissolution of marriage are still [...]

Divorced Dads Tips: Makeup Time for Denied Visitation by Court Order

DISCLAIMER: The following is NOT legal advice, nor is it a substitute for legal advice. If you are in Family Court you will need legal advice, so please see a lawyer.Being denied visitation time with your children when you separate and /or divorce is the # one frustration that all divorced dads share in common. [...]

Are All Divorcees Adulterers? Part 1

It seems like we’ve been covering most of my least favourite Bible passages of late, so perhaps I should have expected this one to come along – “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her”. Another winner!And what a good passage to have on the day of a baptism! Certainly it serves [...]

Divorce Laws: Making A Clean Break Easy

Divorce is a painful and extremely difficult process. Knowing how divorce laws function and understanding the court’s role in a divorce can help to make this transition smoother and easier, however.Divorce laws govern the dissolution of a marriage. Every country has its own laws regarding divorce and, in fact, divorce laws can vary from state [...]

Divorced Dads Tips: What to do When Mom Claims Visitation / Access Disrupts the Kids Routines

DISCLAIMER: The following is NOT legal advice, nor is it a substitute for legal advice. If you are in Family Court you will need legal advice, so please see a lawyer.Sometimes the issue of transporting the children during access / visitation times becomes extremely contentious. On a recent teleseminar, Heidi Nabert, President of The National [...]

You’Re Getting Divorce. How Will Your Child Be Impacted?

When two people become engaged and then married, in the forefront of their minds are their love for each other. They are probably envisioning a lifetime of married bliss possibly surrounded by a brood of kids. The possibility of spousal abuse in their marriage is something that they’ve probably never envisioned. And yet, one of [...]

How Can We Approach a Necessary Divorce Wisely and Well

One of the things none of us ever expected to have to face when we were young adults wearing custom-fitted, rose-colored glasses was leaving a marriage. We’ve had no training in how to do it although most of us have had the misfortune to observe how not to do it, up close and personal.When our [...]

Iva Debt Help Gets Off the Ground

Days before, people ran into debt problems by divorce or having a business that failed. Time has changed, and so do the lifestyle of the people, reasons such as accruing debts, having paid for varied purposes i.e., home renovation or improvement, children’s education, and infrastructural development of business. Problems erupt when people start spending out [...]

Divorce Can be Positive

Copyright (c) 2008 Rebecca HansonFor almost 30 years Rebecca Hanson had deliberately ignored her feelings so that she could endure a painful relationship. Now, she realizes that her feelings were an inner guidance system, given to her as a means of discovering a life of joy, peace, fulfillment and true service to others.“If something feels [...]