Has your former spouse moved in with a new partner, and you are wondering, does cohabitation affect spousal support? Yes, it does affect it, but it’s not an automatic ground for modification or cancelation of spousal support. To stop paying spousal support or modify the payments that you make, work with your spousal support lawyers [...]
If you don’t want to keep consulting your ex-partner about your child’s medical care, religious upbringing, education, or any other thing, you should work with your divorce lawyers and get sole or full custody of your child. Unfortunately, the court can’t just give you full custody—there needs to be grounds for it. What are the [...]
After going through the turmoil of divorce, the last thing you want is to go back to the family law court for another case. Unfortunately, if you had children with your ex-spouse and are the custodial parent, you have to sort out the child support payments, and if your ex isn’t supportive, you may have [...]
Besides being extremely emotional, divorces are usually expensive. It’s even worse when one partner is required to pay alimony to the spouse earning less money. While some spouses don’t have a problem paying, others don’t want to. Are you in a position where your spouse has refused to pay spousal support? Here is how to [...]
Besides it being highly emotional, divorce also tends to be expensive. If this is the first time you are going through it, you must be asking, how much does a divorce cost, right? It’s hard to give a hard number as the price varies depending on plenty of factors such as your location, your divorce [...]
While there are many divorce lawyers in the industry, when you are looking for a divorce lawyer for your case, you shouldn’t hire just any attorney—you should take your time and find the right one. How do I choose a good divorce lawyer? Well, there are several things you should look out for. They include: [...]
If you are wondering, does divorce have to go to court? The short answer is no. According to divorce lawyers, you only go the court when you can’t agree with your ex on several fundamental things. For example, when you can’t agree with the divorce proceedings and decide to defend the divorce. When the court [...]
After you have worked successfully with your divorce lawyers and arrived at a fair alimony amount, now you have to start making the payments. What is the best way to pay alimony? Well, there are plenty of ways you should go about it. You simply need to ensure that the method you use saves you [...]
Have you gone through a divorce and don’t want to pay alimony? Here are tips on how to avoid alimony: Draft a prenup Suppose you have a lot of property you would love to protect, before you get into marriage, you should draft a prenuptial agreement and ask your spouse to sign it. To put [...]
Besides your emotions, the other thing that takes a serious hit when you are divorcing is your finances. One reason is that contested divorces are often expensive as you have to hire divorce lawyers and make countless trips to the courthouse. When you part with your spouse, they most likely won’t be chipping in the [...]
