A divorce is a stressful experience for most people, and it tends to bring out some very strong emotions. When you're going through the legal process to end the marriage, you need to focus on protecting your interests. You might know that this means things like...
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Suze Orman gives advice on prenups
If you're debating whether or not to get a prenuptial agreement before you tie the knot, some advice from financial expert Suze Orman may be helpful. She's all in favor of couples getting a prenup even if they aren't going in to a marriage with a lot of money.Orman...
How co-parents can help a child who’s having sleep problems
When children are experiencing anxiety over their parents' separation or divorce, they often have trouble sleeping. Maybe they have difficulty falling asleep, or perhaps they wake up repeatedly during the night.When children are worried about their future and the...
Reasons why a parent may lose custody of a child
As a parent, losing custody of your child is likely your worst nightmare. Going through a turbulent time emotionally or financially could mean that you are having a difficult time providing for your child's needs, and, as a result, the other parent or another family...
Dixie Chicks’ new single takes aim at lead singer’s ex
It looks like things may get contentious once again in the split between Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines and her ex-husband, actor Adrian Pasdar. The couple's divorce was finalized last December after two years of legal wrangling -- even though they drew up a...
4 top reasons for divorce
Divorce is complicated, just like marriage, and it doesn't always follow the set trends that you'd expect. Maybe you figured people got divorced after falling in love with someone else or going through some other major life change, but then a friend got divorced...
Divorced co-parents can successfully potty train a child
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...
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...