While your divorce is pending, it may be important to consider the impact your divorce may have on your estate planning documents.  If you wouldn’t want your soon-to-be-ex making medical decisions for you, now is the time to update your Health Care Directive.  When the divorce is commenced, the restraining provisions in the Summons prevent [...]

Stories on joint physical custody arrangements seem to be everywhere lately.  Many states and countries are moving towards some sort of presumption towards joint physical custody.  Joint schedules can work great for parents dedicated to working together for their children.  But in families where the parents are working against each other instead of with each [...]

Divorce is a time where many things change, and many issues must be addressed.  Divorce is also the time where many people must face the financial problems that have been ignored for years.  It is really important to check, understand, and protect your credit.  Check out Ask The Advisor’s article: How Will Divorce Affect My [...]

I have already posted about the man who wanted compensation for his kidney and the Second Life divorce, but check out Cezary Jan Strusiewicz’s article on Cracked.com for 10 strange, but true divorce stories.

As a divorce lawyer, one of the questions I frequently get is “How do I tell my spouse I want a divorce?”  My answer is always “It depends.”  I don’t know your spouse, I don’t know how he or she is likely to react.  But I do know 5 ways to tell your spouse that [...]