Love is a beautiful thing. When two people meet and fall in love with each other, they hope to live happily ever after. Unfortunately, this is not always the case, especially when a love story ends in a contentious divorce. A divorce is an emotionally draining...
Divorce
Respect your child’s rights during your divorce
From a child's perspective, going through their parents' divorce amounts to a major life change. It’s easy for the adults to focus on themselves while they assume that the kids will just learn how to split their lives between two homes. Any parent going through a...
Is your spouse dissipating your assets in anticipation of divorce?
The time to start protecting your financial assets is before you even broach the subject of divorce with your spouse. It’s critical that you know what assets are yours to keep (separate assets) and which are subject to division (marital assets). Unfortunately, some...
Understanding property division and retirement in Pennsylvania
During your divorce, one of the things you may need to divide is your retirement account. You may have one yourself while your spouse has another, or one of you may have one on your own. In Pennsylvania, the law requires you to split your assets equitably. Since there...
Can your ex stop you from seeing the children?
One threat that people often make during a contentious divorce is that they’re going to make sure the other parent never sees the children again. They may try to use this as a bargaining tool so that they can get something else that they want, or they may just do it...
3 steps to take if you want to keep your home in a divorce
Worrying about your home is common during a divorce. You have spent years living there and have invested thousands of dollars via your mortgage, property taxes, insurance premiums and maintenance to the property. You may have a deep emotional attachment to the home or...
What are the benefits of taking alimony as a lump sum?
Most spouses who the court orders to pay alimony do so monthly. This is a similar approach to how a parent would typically make child support payments. It’s just support for their former spouse, instead. However, some spouses do have the option of asking for alimony...
These red flags may mean divorce is coming
Knowing that a divorce is coming means you have time to prepare. You can learn about your parental rights, find out what it will cost, gather the proper paperwork and generally just learn as much about the process as possible. After all, divorce mistakes may impact...
How much will it cost you to get a divorce in Pennsylvania?
Everyone knows that weddings are ridiculously expensive. Couples often spend more than they would on a downpayment for a starter home celebrating their new marriage. Although most people know that divorce can be expensive because it involves splitting up their...
When is alimony a factor in divorce?
Alimony (also known as spousal support) isn’t a factor in every divorce, but it’s something to consider if you’re preparing to go down this path. Should alimony come into play, you could find yourself on either end of the equation. You’ll either owe payments to your...