When your marriage is on the rocks, it's inevitable that you will consider whether divorce is in your future. There will likely be two parts of you in disagreement: One part of you will remind you of the person you were when you said your marriage vows. The other part...

Mediation is a type of dispute resolution that can be highly beneficial for people who are going through divorce. In the case that you and your spouse largely get along but still have some issues to work through, mediation could be a great help. Mediation takes place...

All you want is for your divorce to go smoothly. You don’t want to spend a long time in court, you don’t want to run into any serious issues and you don’t want to stay married any longer than you have to.  As you likely know, though, this type of smooth transition...

When you get into a serious car accident, you probably don’t immediately think about the state of your marriage. As you should be, you’re focused on getting proper medical care and things of this nature. The accident may be the most chaotic and dangerous event of your...

You have probably been planning your retirement for years, if not decades. You and your spouse have likely been setting aside money or investing in order to make those dreams a reality. Now that your marriage has hit a hard spot that you aren't sure it can recover...

Connecticut offers no-fault divorces for those couples who choose to end their marriages. That means that regardless of why you decide to file for divorce, you don't have any obligation to inform the family courts about the reason for your decision. Is there any...

Joint physical custody is better for the children in a divorce than sole physical custody, according to a 2018 report in the Journal of Child Custody. The researcher combined information from 60 different studies carried out on the topic.  Judges prefer to award...

Social media does have a lot of benefits. It connects people, it makes planning events easy, it provides vast access to information and much more. Something that was once only really popular with young people, it is now used by nearly everyone -- from the middle...

For most people, the word divorce conjures images of ruthless and intense litigation, which is what happens in a contested divorce. You may feel surprised to learn that a significant portion of people who file for divorce actually file uncontested proceedings, which...

When you think about divorce, you likely picture spouses screaming at each other in a courtroom, fighting over custody cases and prized assets. You picture something confrontational and emotional, something that makes you worried about how the process will go for you....