If your husband has already filed for divorce, you probably feel like he has forced your hand, at least a little. In some ways, he has, because once you’ve been served with a complaint, you’ll have to respond to it within 21 days. If you’ve already negotiated a written and signed separation agreement, you won’t...
Divorce
If you want to resume your maiden name, the quickest, easiest, and most cost-effective way to do it is by asking for it in your complaint. Your complaint is the document that you file with the court to initiate your divorce. In it, you provide the court with the details of the marriage, including the...
Attorney’s fees are often only part of the equation when it comes to calculating how much a divorce really costs. Of course, attorney’s fees ARE party of the equation, especially in a case where the parties fight for years and years on end. In a case where parties are able to reach an agreement sooner,...
Marriages break up for all kinds of reasons, some good, some bad, and sometimes, even, for no reason at all. Marriages break up because of problems with communication, problems with money, disagreements over child-rearing, and overbearing mother in laws. Marriages break up because of infidelity, and, sometimes, they break up because one or the other...
The article in Time magazine reports some unsurprising behavior between two women on opposite sides of the spousal support argument. One, a first wife, founded a “First Wives First Club” in opposition to the “Second Wives Club,” a group of women united in the belief that permanent alimony should be abolished. After she founded the...
Both sides of this argument are compelling. There has to be some sort of support system in place to help ex-wives, especially when their lack of lucrative prospects is due to deliberate decisions made during the marriage. After a period of time, any skills that the first wife could formerly boat of become outdated and...
This isn’t just about the differences between the career woman and the stay at home mom. There are bigger social issues that affect the choices that we, as women, can make with regard to our families and our careers. Finding a balance has always been difficult, regardless of the specific path you choose to take,...
Surprisingly, the people who are the most vehemently in support of modifying the laws regarding alimony are WOMEN. Specifically, these women are second wives. Here’s the scenario that’s causing all the fuss: Woman meets man. Woman falls in love with man. Woman wants to marry man, only…man owes a third of his income to his...