Hearing that your spouse intends to leave you is never easy. It can be immensely stressful to deal with such news, with multiple concerns racing through your head at the same time. You may find yourself picking apart your relationship to determine what went wrong, pleading with your partner to reconsider and worrying about a potential divorce. However, it is…
A city commissioner from Kalamazoo, Michigan, says she will change her name following the impending finalization of her divorce. Her husband is in prison after being found guilty on a number of sex crime charges, but it does not appear the charges themselves were directly responsible for the couple’s divorce. “We did not leave one another,” she argued. “The state…
Divorce can have a number of effects on one’s finances, family and personal life, causing changes that are generally easy to measure and correct with effort and thoughtfulness. However, divorce can also leave one feeling lost and emotionally damaged. Many divorcees are understandably overwhelmed by such feelings, finding it difficult to put their ordeal behind them and get on with…
Facebook, Twitter and similar websites have become omnipresent in the lives of many people across the country, but experts warn that some Internet activity could jeopardize the results of your divorce. Michigan and most other states lack laws explicitly addressing the use of online posts in divorce cases. As a result, many family courts have begun to allow Facebook posts,…
Divorce can be a difficult process for both spouses, but it can be even harder on the children if there are any. While many children emerge from their parent’s divorces happy and unscathed, others may become overwhelmed with guilt, anger, fear and other emotions. This makes it important for divorced Michigan parents with joint custody of their children to evaluate…
Having gone through marriages that ultimately failed, divorced individuals often have some of the best advice for how to make a marriage work. Divorcees have a perspective that other people may lack, which can make them more attuned to common problems that plague wedded couples. A psychologist with the University of Michigan recently collected responses from individuals who have gone…
Recent collegiate research suggests that parents who are hostile and combative following a divorce can eventually work together to improve their co-parenting skills and better serve their children’s best interests. The study examined interview responses from 20 mothers who share physical child custody with their former partners, half of which reported having “contentious relationships” with the other parents. Most of…
How can you tell when your marriage is worth saving, or if a divorce is in your family’s best interest? It is important to assess the strengths and problems in your marriage before making this decision. Marriage counselors and attorneys in Michigan and throughout the nation can help a couple examine their marriage and the steps they should take for…
Experts are saying that increasingly, spouses who are divorcing are fighting over who will retain custody of the family pet. In many Michigan divorces, a shared pet is thought of as a child so the emotional toll of splitting custody is quite significant. In Michigan, as in all states, domestic pets are considered to be property. In the eyes of…