A Child’s Advice for Divorcing Parents

Jill Greenstein is a psychologist who works at the Putnam Valley Elementary School located about 50 miles northwest of New York City. Her work with the students at the school has involved a group called Banana Splits.
Mrs. Greenstein says, “Banana Splits groups are for children who are experiencing a loss of family cohesiveness through separation [...]

Divorce and Your Real Estate

Dispostion of the family home frequently causes problems in a divorce. Custodial parents may want to hang onto the home for the sake of the children. Perhaps one or both spouses can’t afford to purchase a similar replacement home. Much depends upon the amount of equity in the home and the ability of each spouse [...]

Child Support & College Support

by Laura Johnson
Do you, as a divorced parent, have a legal duty to pay for your child’s college education? The answer is yes, no, or maybe depending upon the state in which you are divorced.
You could be ordered to pay for all or a portion of your child’s college education if your divorce state has [...]

Marital Misconduct: Does It Count?

by Laura Johnson
Even though your state may be a no-fault divorce state, it doesn’t mean that you or your spouse won’t have to answer in some way for any misbehavior during the marriage. It’s what divorce lawyers and courts refer to as marital misconduct and, in certain states, can effect the outcome of the division [...]

Divorce Can It Be Avoided?

There is a way to completely restore a failing relationship with a new modality that until now was not thought possible. To learn what is required you may wish to read this article.
If two individuals are intent on trying one last time to make their relationship work then there is a way. A relationship is [...]

Marital Torts, The New Way to Handle Fault in a Divorce?

by Laura Johnson
According to a legal dictionary, a tort is a private or civil wrong or injury that results “from a breach of a legal duty that exists by society’s expectations regarding interpersonal conduct, rather than by a contract or other private relationship.”
Every lawsuit has something called elements that must be present to sustain a [...]

Divorce and Your Expenses

by Laura Johnson
This chapter from Divorce Strategy was excerpted in all of the Fall 1998 U.S. editions of Divorce Magazine. The article is titled Charting Your Expenses in the Money Matters section.
How Much Does It All Cost?
Your cost to maintain an established lifestyle consists of all the expenses you pay from all your income sources, [...]

Poor Britney a has been? Well, maybe

Byline: Dianne Williamson
COLUMN: DIANNE WILLIAMSON
It seemed like just yesterday, during the halcyon time in the life of Britney Spears, that I saw her strut frenetically around the Worcester Centrum and later advanced the theory she was, quite possibly, the devil.
It was July 2002, and Britney had been named the No. 1 celebrity in the world [...]

A Teenager’s Message to Divorcing Parents

A Message From Jill
Hello everyone,
I’m 14 and my parents have been separated since I was 2, divorced when I was 12.
I just wanted to offer you all one small piece of advice. After a divorce make sure you stay in touch with your kids. It is the hardest thing in the world for a child [...]

Secondhand Smoke and Child Custody

Secondhand Smoke and Child Custody
Secondhand smoke, also called environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), can have an impact on child custody decisions. The possible consequences of parental smoking in a custody case can range from termination of parental rights or a change of custody and restrictions on visitation to the smoking parent receiving custody with smoking restrictions [...]