With so much advice coming from all different directions — friends, family, lawyers, blogs — stress and confusion can keep you from making the most rational, logical decisions when going through a divorce. Sometimes it’s best to get out of your own head for a few hours, so we’ve compiled a few movies that might […]

Tags: Assets, Children, couple, Custody, Custody Hearing, Division of Assets, Divorce, Family Law, father, Kramer vs Kramer, mother, Mrs. Doubtfire, Separation, The War of the Roses, Visitation, Visitation Rights
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In September 2016, Angelina Jolie shocked the world when she filed for divorce from long-time partner, Brad Pitt. Though the couple had only been married for two years, they had been a recognized couple for over ten, and never publicly showed any cracks in their relationship. But according to initial reports, Jolie was extremely upset […]

Tags: Children, contemplating divorce, Custody, Divorce, Joint Custody, Kids in Divorce, Legal Custody, Physical Custody, Sole Custody
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Marriage is considered by most to be a blessed event that binds two lives together. But no matter how much we all want to believe in happily ever after, the hard, cold truth is that a healthy percentage of marriages in the U.S. fail within fifteen years. No matter the reason — including age, family […]

Tags: contemplating divorce, Divorce, long-term marriage, Marriage, short-term marriage, Spousal Support, Spouse support, standard of living, Support
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As a society, we all wish to provide our children with a happy, safe, healthy life. That’s not to say there aren’t those who deliberately or inadvertently disrespect, ignore or otherwise harm their children. When that happens, though, there’s usually someone willing to care for the child in a responsible, loving manner. For the majority […]

Tags: Adoption, Family, Family Law, Guardian, guardian of the estate, Guardianship, legal rights, protecting children, taking care of a child
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California has had a long and at times confusing history with regard to same-sex marriage. Many within the LGBT community have been married in the periods of time when same-sex marriage was legal. In the past, some of those couples may have faced issues when seeking a divorce, since the state, in addition to other […]

Tags: Divorce, LGBT, Marriage
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