Can you catch the "divorce bug" from a friend or relative?
A study from the Pew Research Center indicates that your odds of getting divorced drastically increase -- by 75% -- whenever a friend or close relative splits with their spouse. Perhaps even more surprising is that you can even "catch a divorce" secondhand. When a friend of a friend is getting divorced, the odds that you will too increase by a whopping 33%.
Gender issues are at the forefront of much of the collective American consciousness as transgender activists continually push for understanding and equal rights under the law. Unfortunately, the parents of transgender minors are now facing new threats in the legal system -- often in the form of accusations of child abuse simply because they affirm and support their child's gender identity.
As this issue has become intertwined with a number of political battles, the situation for supportive parents of transgender kids has gotten worse. Many of them face accusations of child abuse and unfair investigation into their parenting based on narrow or restrictive beliefs surrounding gender identity.
If you will be in the process of getting a divorce or separated by the time the holidays come around, you will surely want to do everything you can to keep things as stable and positive as possible for your children.
Trying to find a reasonable and fair way to split parenting time during the holidays can help you and your ex avoid the acrimonious fighting over parenting time so often associated with a divorce. Your parenting plan can include all kinds of rules for shared parenting authority and time.
Asking the court to terminate someone's parental rights isn't easy -- and it shouldn't be. The parent-child bond is incredibly important. For the most part, the courts always hope to preserve that bond whenever possible.
However, Texas law does allow for the termination of someone's parental rights for a number of different reasons, only some of which include:
Whether your company is a family business, a sole proprietorship or a partnership, you must have a clear understanding of its value if you and your spouse have decided to divorce.
Your legal team should include a professional appraiser who can perform the necessary valuation.
You may not realize this as you start your divorce journey, but a divorce doesn't automatically mean a long, complicated battle in court. You do have alternatives -- and not just "staying married."
Here are some of your choices:
Few things can end a marriage as quickly as infidelity. If you have ever suspected your spouse of seeing someone on the side, you probably understand all too well just how devastating this can be. Often, spouses who have suspicions about their significant others have reason to feel the way they do. In many cases, unfaithful spouses exercise some of the same signs.
Thus, if you believe your spouse of committing adultery, know that the following signs may indicate that he or she is doing so.
Same-sex couples fought so long for the right to be legally married in the United States that many people both within and without the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community treat a same-sex divorce as something akin to a tragedy of epic proportions.
It's really not. In fact, some same-sex couples have found that they have as much reason to celebrate their same-sex divorce as they did their marriage.
A 51-year-old Texan apparently thought he'd found a convenient way to get a no-hassle divorce -- one that didn't require him to discuss the issue with his wife. To that end, he quietly forged his wife's signature on some forms for the court and lied under oath.
Then, his wife found out. After a bitter argument with his wife over some extravagant purchases he had made, the man informed her that they were no longer married. When she looked into the issue and found the divorce papers with her forged signature, she called the police with a complaint. The divorce was voided, and the husband in this case now faces up to a decade in prison for aggravated perjury.
If you share custody of your children with a former spouse or someone else, you likely cherish the time you have with your kids. Eventually, though, you must handoff the young ones in your family to their other parent. If you are not careful, a simple custody exchange can turn into a nightmare.
When creating your co-parenting arrangement, you likely had the opportunity to negotiate a custody agreement or parenting plan. While adding details about the custody handoff in either agreement is a good idea, you can also do a few things to ensure a smooth exchange. Here are four suggestions:
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