Divorce
Giving Up Your Job for Family and then Facing Divorce Proceedings
Women are the most likely to give up their successful careers to take care of their kids or move to accommodate the better career prospects of their husbands. They give up their promising careers and when they get divorced, they have nothing to fall back on. When there is a marriage split, most times these…
Read MoreWomen Taking Control and Re-entering the Workforce after a Divorce
It is often the woman who finds herself in a financial quandary after divorce. She may not have a strong grasp of her current and future finances, and she may need to start generating income by returning to the workforce, as losing most of her partner’s income has substantially changed her financial landscape. Women leave…
Read MoreUsing Your Children as Leverage During a Divorce Is Harmful!
Many times during a divorce, the “gloves come off” in ways you or your spouse never thought were possible. In strenuous times, people often do things they regret. Unfortunately, in divorce, it is common to use children as leverage, no matter their age. Some parents are not aware of the long-term, life-altering effects divorce can…
Read MoreTips on How to Tell Your Spouse You Want a Divorce
You know in your heart and your mind that it is time to have the complicated and emotionally charged discussion with your spouse about separating and starting the divorce process. Here are some thoughts we like to share with our clients before starting this dialogue with their significant other: Are you 100% sure you want…
Read MoreDivorce Roadblocks
My married friends (as well as myself) complain about how they can’t get their spouses to change certain annoying and undesirable traits, whether it’s a spouse who has to control all the money, or a spouse not being emotionally available, or a spouse that doesn’t do a particularly good job watching the kids, or a…
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