Family Law

Families going through the divorce process have to overcome numerous challenges. Disputes over child custody and property division must be settled, along with other financial aspects. Military families also have to address such factors, but the dynamic of a military...

Maybe you have worked for decades and balanced your regular contributions into a retirement savings account with the Social Security retirement benefits you expect to receive. It's also possible but you are a dependent spouse who hasn't contributed much to Social...

Parental alienation, a form of psychological child abuse, happens when one parent estranges the children from the other. This type of conduct can happen in many different ways, but the result is usually damage to the alienated parent's relationship with the kids. The...

When you’re in the military, you have times when you’re extremely busy and times when you are home more regularly. You may be deployed at short notice, or you could have time to plan. The day-to-day changes in your career are exciting, but they can also cause problems...

If you’re like most parents, splitting up with your spouse isn’t nearly as difficult as having to share the time you have with your kids -- particularly when it comes to the holidays. You have a few different options when it comes time to establish a custody and...

It’s easy to assume that divorcing later in life is easier than splitting up earlier. While these older individuals usually don’t have to worry about things like child custody, it can be very difficult to work through all the issues that have to be decided in a gray...

The Florida family law courts have the authority to enter orders regarding custody, and this state uses some unique terminology in its child custody decisions.  The courts make decisions on behalf of families that do not agree about how to share parental rights and...

If you have decided to divorce your spouse, you undoubtedly have a list of reasons your marriage simply is not working. Still, your kids may need to spend time with both their parents to thrive. If you intend to share custody of your children with your ex-spouse, you...

The financial circumstances of a custodial parent may change after divorce. They may have trouble paying their rent or mortgage and their utilities. It may be difficult for them to make their monthly income stretch so they are able to buy food. Child support may ease...

When you married your spouse, you wanted to share everything together -- and you built a business from the ground up in the process. Now, your marriage has failed, but the business remains. How do you handle this sort of situation? When both of you are emotionally...