Divorce for Grownups

 Alienation of affection lawsuits are a quaint but potent holdover from simpler times that can complicate the negotiation of a divorce settlement. Read More

How you tell your spouse that you want a divorce can determine whether the divorce is relatively peaceful or litigious and destructive. Read More

When a partner has had an affair and the couple is divorcing, divorce mediation is more challenging because the other spouse may insist that the affair was the only reason for the divorce and that the guilty spouse should be punished. But insistent reality testing on the part of the mediator should help both spouses to take responsibility for making the mediation successful. Read More

How about buying a divorce piggy bank so that you can save for your divorce whenever you do something to screw up your marriage? Read More

Although "good divorce" may seem like an oxymoron, most couples can achieve it if they know how it is done. Read this and learn how. Read More

Co-parenting after divorce has become an increasingly attractive and sought after arrangement. In contrast to the conventional sole custody in which the mother typically has all the responsibility for the children, co-parenting emphasizes an equal (or nearly equal) role for fathers. Read More

How many times have I heard one of the following: " I'm going to find the toughest lawyer in town and take that wretched man to the cleaners." Or, "I'm so worried because she said that if I leave her she was going to take me to the cleaners." Or, He told me that if I went after his pension he was going to really get mad and take me to the cleaners. Read More

Despite the fact that most states have passed no fault divorce laws, fault and blame continue to play a large role in the ways that divorces develop. Read More

Now you can have adultery without sex. Many believe that infidelity exists if you have intimate communication with a member of the opposite sex or look at torrid stuff on the internet. Read More