Emotions often run high during a divorce, especially if infidelity is involved. If your spouse cheated, you might wonder whether their actions will affect how things play out. Will it impact any aspects of your divorce? In Washington, the short answer is probably not...
If you’re worried that your spouse may file for divorce, you may find yourself trying to predict when it’s going to happen. After all, it may be helpful for you to prepare in advance. Understanding that divorce is coming gives you a chance to prepare mentally and...
Student loans are following people well into their adult years, and even people in their 40s (and sometimes beyond) have them hanging over their heads. What happens when one or both of you has student loan debt as your divorce? The answer may not be as simple as you...
You and your spouse have been living together for five years, ever since you got married. Perhaps you moved a long distance from your extended family so that your spouse could take a job. You don’t really have much community in the area, outside of a few coworkers...
People often feel quite proud of home ownership. They may have worked hard to save enough money to afford a down payment. They may have invested a lot of time, effort and resources in repairing the property or modernizing it after their purchase. The equity they...
The divorce rate has been dropping in the United States for years, at least for most age groups. Part of this is because people now get married at a later age. Young marriages are more likely to end in divorce, but modern couples often get married in their late 20s or...
The uncomfortable reality for a lot of couples going through a divorce is that it’s not economically feasible (and maybe strategically unwise) for one party to move out until the divorce is either final or close to being final. So, how do you protect your privacy from...
During your marriage, your spouse has been attending graduate school. This is very expensive, but they are paying for it through student loans. They will then have to pay these loans back over years or even decades. But now you and your spouse are getting a divorce....
Many people want to get divorced, but they believe there’s some barrier preventing them from doing so. In some cases, they’ll say that they just don’t have a good enough reason. Someone may be very unhappy in their marriage, for example, but they will admit that their...
While getting married can be very exciting and rewarding, it’s inevitable that married couples face challenges at some point. To overcome such difficulties, couples need to focus on their communication. Without communication, disagreements are likely to fester, and...
