Consider divorce mediation 1st. Save money, time & stay in charge of the settlement and custody plan
Most divorcing couples find that they are in a period of high conflict. Some have experienced constant arguments and fights for months or years; some are reacting to a sudden change of heart. However they arrive at the decision, a couple who has decided to divorcce did not reach the decision lightly. Reaching the decision to divorce should be the be the hardest part of the decision - not the process of working out the terms of the the divorce.
No-fault divorce laws don't have to leave you stranded.
Before no-fault divorce laws, the courts considered sex something that was exclusive to marriage. A wife was protected from the negative consequences of adultery by criminal law, specific divorce laws that addressed adultery, and, in some cases, alienation of affection laws. With the introduction of no-fault divorce laws, the courts, for some reason, decided they had no business being involved in the issue of whether or not a husband was faithful, or the right of a wife to be compensated for a husband's cheating ways. In these times, what is a jilted spouse to do?
The legal team for the former model already have all guns blazing.
Well, the Christie Brinkley - Peter Cook divorce hit courts today. And this month-long case is going to be a doozy. So far, Cook has egg on his face but we're betting that no one is going to feel good about themselves (us included) when this thing closes in August. Mutually assured destruction.
The diminutive star has some marital trouble, he'll work it out.
The star of Diff'rent Strokes, Gary Coleman, has been married for a few months. But wedded bliss it ain't. He and non-celeb wife, Shannon Price, are having some problems. What chance to the rest of us have?