With divorces on the rise in the United States, new trends are emerging. Indeed, entire online platforms have been created that cater to these divorcing couples. When you consider that roughly half of all couples in the nation divorce, it is clear that this is big business. The newest trend is something called a “divorce…
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Countless spouses receive settlement checks after going through a divorce in the United States. Usually, this is a relatively straightforward procedure. One spouse receives a check for a certain amount of money, they cash the check at their bank, and they continue with their life. However, one spouse found out the hard way that cashing…
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Divorce can affect each member of the family in different ways. In some situations, this impact depends on the personality of each individual and the unique circumstances that surround the divorce. What if we examine only the financial consequences of divorce? What do the statistics say about how divorce affects husbands, wives, and their children?…
DetailsWe all know that divorces can cause spouses to act irrationally, but sometimes even the most extreme actions are understandable – at least to some degree. Since divorces often involve financial matters, many spouses “lash out” by doing the unexpected when it comes to property division. Such was the case when one woman refused to…
DetailsCourts can employ all kinds of tricks to ensure that parents pay their child support on time. First, they can take the money straight from a parent’s paycheck each month. If that does not work, they can take the money out of their tax return. If the parent still is not getting the message, courts…
DetailsFor legal professionals who handle divorces, January can be a busy month. But why is there such a surge of divorce filings when the new year rolls around? Many factors may be to blame, and marriages often end due to a combination of things. However, the increased number of divorce filings in January is clearly…
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When most of us get divorced, we run the risk of losing the family home, the car, and perhaps the dog. When billionaires get divorced, they run the risk of losing assets equal to that of a small nation. Such is the case with Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin, the second-richest man in all of Mother…
DetailsDivorce proceedings can become incredibly heated as all kinds of wild accusations fly across the courtroom. But can a divorce trial actually send people to prison? While this is always technically a possibility, the reality is that spouses rarely see the inside of a jail cell due to the outcome of divorce proceedings. If they…
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