If you and your spouse have young children, divorcing and sharing custody across two homes will have its challenges. However, with cooperation and communication, you can do it.One of the biggest challenges that all parents face as their children grow from infants into...
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Why equally shared custody is good for parents as well as kids
Custody agreements between divorced parents are more likely to provide equal parenting time than they did even several decades ago, when many divorced fathers were relegated to being "weekend dads." A multitude of studies have found that children do better when they...
Which U.S. cities are best for newly divorced people?
Recently, online lending marketplace LendingTree published a list of the best and worst places to "recover from divorce." Sure, Turks and Caicos, Maui or maybe Paris sound like great places to recover. However, LendingTree had more practical places in mind when it...
Why you should have a financial advisor on your divorce team
Divorce can be a highly emotional process. However, it's also a financial one. Whether you have a single home and a couple of retirement and investment accounts or you have multiple properties and millions of dollars in other assets, you need to understand what you're...
How a postnuptial agreement can lead to an uncontested divorce
No matter how much they once cared for each other or how well-intentioned they may be, spouses can grow apart over time and feel trapped in an unhappy marriage. Sometimes, it is a gradual diminishment of the affection between spouses that leads to a breakdown of the...
Why you need a prenup after your Valentine’s Day engagement
Valentine's Day is a big day for marriage proposals. If you're popping the question to someone this year, or if you were the one who said "yes," the first thing on your mind may not be a prenuptial agreement. However, you should get around to thinking about that...
What to do if your co-parent is denying you parenting time
You and your former spouse likely spent a lot of time and energy developing your parenting plan when you divorced. Maybe you were able to work it out yourselves, with the help of your attorneys. Perhaps a judge had to step in. Either way, one of the key elements of...
Don’t let communication issues undermine you in divorce
Some people end up being their own worst enemies when they're going through a divorce. The emotions they're feeling about their spouse and the breakdown of the marriage can get in the way of making decisions that are in their best interests -- and, more importantly,...
Therapy during and after a divorce can make you a better parent
Divorce can be a difficult, even emotionally devastating time for the spouses going through the split and the children in their family. Whether you were the one who filed for divorce or your spouse took that initiative, you will have a lot to process regarding the end...
Dealing with a child’s sleep issues as co-parents
Children can experience sleep problems for any number of reasons. Anxiety and changes in their routine are two of those. If their parents have separated and are divorcing or considering divorce, they're likely experiencing both of those things.Sleep problems -- either...