It’s not difficult to have fault based grounds for divorce. In many cases, as the marriage has broken down, one or both of the parties have committed adultery, been cruel or caused an apprehension of bodily hurt, or deserted or abandoned their spouse. Still, I often feel like the general impression that women have...
These days, more often than not, an uncontested divorce is handled by affidavit. In certain circumstances, though, a special uncontested divorce hearing, which we call an ‘ore tenus’ hearing, will be held. This happens, in some jurisdictions, especially when the parties lived separate and apart under the same roof during a portion of the period...
It’s confusing to hire an attorney. It’s not something you do every day. And what’s involved to hire one is different across different areas of the law – so experience that you might have with, say, a personal injury attorney, or a wills, trusts, and estates attorney – doesn’t necessarily translate to experience like what...
When it comes to divorce, one of the most commonly searched questions is “What does the Bible say about divorce?” I understand. For a lot of women, their faith is one of the most important components. If you’re particularly religious, your church family is really important to you – and worrying about facing their censure...
You’re ready. You’re done. That’s it. It’s over. So, what next? Every divorcing person ever reaches a point where they decide that, no matter what, it’s just over. No amount of therapy or marriage counseling or even a marital agreement can fix what’s wrong. It’s just over. And, really, that’s fine. I wrote an...
Not every divorce is the same. In fact, almost every divorce is different, at least in some way. But there are certain similarities we can draw from divorces that have similar characteristics. Just like we group custody and visitation cases by the age of the children involved, and spousal support cases by the length...
When it comes to divorce, there are – sadly – a lot of cases that involve some form of domestic violence. When I was a newbie, that was so surprising to me. Now, not so much, but still – I end up fielding a lot of questions about what to do, what options are...
On Wednesday, we discussed what a contested divorce means. We touched a little bit, too, on uncontested divorce – because it’s hard to understand one without the other. Contested refers to a divorce where the parties have not reached an agreement about how the assets and liabilities will be divided; in an uncontested divorce, on...