By its very nature, a divorce proceeding is an adversarial event. But adversarial doesn’t have to be the same thing as bitter or filled with antagonism. With the high cost of litigation—not to mention the potentially devastating emotional damage on spouses, partners, and their families—it makes sense for the parties involved to try and step […]
In the old days, when a husband or wife wanted to get a divorce, they had to give a reason for this momentous decision or prove why their spouse’s actions (such as adultery, abuse, abandonment, or extreme cruelty) made the marriage no longer possible. This approach to dissolving a marriage frequently led to the types […]
Whenever a divorce proceeding takes place and children are involved, issues of child custody and visitation inevitably arise. The goal for everyone involved should be to design a custody and visitation arrangement (also called a “parenting plan”) that effectively addresses the health, education, and well-being of the children. Typically, parenting plans are organized into two […]