A mediated divorce offers families invaluable benefits. In most situations, mediation allows couples to part ways more peacefully than through a traditional divorce. It also empowers parents to reach custody and parenting time decisions that promote healthy...
Divorce is a complex and emotional process for everyone involved. It can be hard to separate personal feelings from the practical issues that need to be resolved, such as property division, child custody, and alimony. One way to handle these issues is through...
Nobody ever said that divorce was going to be easy. Even the most amicable arrangements can create anxiety and other negative emotions. These, in turn, can spill over onto the children. While parents may be powerless to protect their children entirely from the fallout...
From everything that you’ve read, it may seem like the only course of action for divorce is fighting tooth and nail for what you want, but it doesn’t have to be that way. One solution to your troubles is a collaborative divorce, which can be a more amicable approach....
There is little doubt that getting a divorce is one of the most adverse events you may ever undertake. Even the promise of a peaceful, anxiety-free future does not usually cancel out the heartache of ending a marriage. Divorce mediation is becoming popular in Michigan...
One advantage of mediation is that divorcing couples can work out their own agreements, including how they’ll divide the property they’ve accumulated over the years. Often, couples will ask how they should divide up their children’s belongings. The answer is usually...
People sometimes deal with social pressure when they are trying to decide if they should get divorced. They know that the marriage isn’t working, but maybe they have a social circle that they know will consider divorce to be a failure. It can sometimes be hard for...
It’s well known that divorce is very common in the United States. It’s unclear if exactly 50% of marriages are going to end in divorce or not, despite this being an oft-cited statistic, but it is true that most people have either been divorced or they know someone who...
It’s not easy to accept that your marriage is over. It can be even harder to forgive your spouse when you feel like their actions or failures caused the split. Unfortunately, negotiating the terms of your divorce from a place of anger and resentment can lead to rash...
When you hark back to your childhood memories of the holidays, hopefully, there are good ones. You want your children to have happy childhood memories of your own family’s holidays, too. But what happens when the parents split? Of course, divorce will change your...
