Alimony, in spite of everything else that may be negative about divorce, should be the one part that is fair and just to both parties. No one should be the winner or the loser.
Sherri Donovan, Esq. | Posted 05.04.2012
Divorced or never-married co-parents of a special needs child may face additional and substantial challenges, especially when their child requires lifelong care and support.
Posted 03.07.2012
Managing the stress of everyday life may be the ultimate test for newlyweds in their first year of marriage, according to new research. In this cli...
Joseph E. Cordell | Posted 02.24.2012
I am not encouraging divorce, but you should not let a poor economy prevent an inevitable break up. In the stock market, you buy low and sell high. Why would you divorce high and not low?
Fred Silberberg | Posted 02.08.2012
Since when we have ever required judges to disclose the details of the personal lives in such a manner? On what basis does one's sexual orientation affect his or her ability to determine the legality of matters?
Georgialee Lang | Posted 01.05.2012
Divorce lawyers are well aware of the grab bag of dirty tricks spouses inflict on each other. Here are my top five dirtiest tricks.
Georgialee Lang | Posted 12.20.2011
Clients frequently complain about the unfairness of divorce laws and the courts' reluctance to consider moral issues that are important to litigants, but irrelevant to the court.
The New York Times | Posted 11.02.2011
ONE balmy evening in Shanghai, my boyfriend and I were strolling home from dinner when two boozy blond men called to us. Expecting a plea for directio...
Steve Lake | Posted 10.29.2011
Schwarzenegger took some serious heat from the press when he indicated on divorce papers that he did not want to pay spousal support. Was the filing a mistake or a tactic gone wrong?
Andrew Feldstein | Posted 09.28.2011
With the end of the NFL strike there will no doubt soon be a flurry of trades and movement by free agents. As these individuals make decisions that wi...
Susan Pease Gadoua | Posted 09.27.2011
When my parents divorced, thirty years ago, my younger brother was the only one of the five kids who hadn't gone of to college yet. As the "only child...
Fred Silberberg | Posted 09.26.2011
It seems that of late, Massachusetts is the state that leads the rest of the country when it comes to family law issues.
AP | ANTHONY McCARTNEY | Posted 09.20.2011
LOS ANGELES — Arnold Schwarzenegger indicated in a court filing that he does not want to pay wife Maria Shriver spousal support or attorney fees...
Henry Gornbein | Posted 06.08.2011
Alimony is not for everyone...
Laurie Israel | Posted 05.25.2011
Alimony is a highly-charged word. Discussions of alimony generally get the strongest reactions from both men and women when working out the terms of ...
Melissa Kaufman | Posted 05.25.2011
I never believed in divorce. My parents met in college and have been married for nearly forty years. I thought I would be following their footsteps ...
azcentral.com | 1 Comment | Posted 05.25.2011
Steve Nash, the face of the Phoenix Suns, has filed for divorce from his wife, Alejandra, and wants the court to uphold a premarital agreement not to ...
Huffington Post | Sara Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011
When it comes to the question of spousal support, Eva Longoria has drawn the line in the sand--or rather, checked the box. The "Desperate Housewive...
Fred Silberberg | Posted 11.17.2011
While the initial concept of alimony was intended to assist someone in taking steps to support himself or herself, our existing system has turned into a system of private welfare.
Fred Silberberg | Posted 11.17.2011
There seems to exist a double-standard in the minds of many women caught in the midst of a divorce which makes me wonder, why the battle for equal rights?
Kristen Houghton | Posted 05.31.2012