Don’t Lose Your Hair over Divorce!

Studies have surfaced that show a not-so-surprising link between divorce and hair loss. It appears that, after genetics, losing a spouse to divorce or death is the leading cause of hair loss among women. While we never would have guessed this, it stands to reason. We have all heard that stress can cause us to … Read more

Divorce Tip: Get to Know Your Legal Team

When you make the difficult decision to get a divorce, you are making the decision to upend your life as you know it. You run the risk of losing your home, time with your children and, yes, it will cost you money in legal fees. When you search for a divorce lawyer, it is important … Read more

Do Pets Play a Part in Divorce?

Plenty of married couples fight about their children: their parenting principles, the financial constraints of raising a family, and whether they even want to have children at all. All of these are important conversations to have before saying “I do.” However, people change, philosophies change, and the things we thought we wanted before differ from … Read more

Postpartum Depression and Divorce

Marriage is hard. There is no way around that. If you are reading this blog, you likely already know this to be true. Around 40 – 50% of marriages end in divorce, but these divorces don’t typically occur spontaneously. There are usually certain factors or events that come about that place great stress on a … Read more

Custody Battles as a Disabled Parent

If you suffer from a physical disability, taking care of yourself can be hard. For some, it is impossible. Throw a child or two into the mix and you have got yourself a strenuous feat — care for yourself and your children while physically disabled. You refuse to allow your disability to stop you from … Read more

How Personal Injury Affects Marriages

When we get married, many of us take a vow that states some variation of “in sickness and in health.” However, a 2013 study from Virginia Commonwealth University reveals that the divorce rate for marriages in which a spouse sustains a personal injury is about 25% in relation to the overall marital breakdown rate. Oftentimes … Read more

What Are the Primary Causes of Divorce?

According to a survey conducted by the Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts (IDFA), the three leading causes of divorce are “basic incompatibility,” “infidelity,” and “money issues,” at 43%, 28% and 22%, respectively. Abuse, parenting differences and addiction accounted for the rest at comparatively smaller percentages. Yet this recent study doesn’t share the consensus on what … Read more

Counseling for the whole family

Divorce is hard on all members of the family, and it affects each party in different ways, including the children. In addition to losing a profound relationship, parents have the worry and responsibility of caring from their families without their co-parents. Meanwhile young children may not understand why one parent is not around as much … Read more

Work Injury, Loss of Consortium and Divorce

Divorce can be complicated– which you probably know if you are reading this blog. It can be even more so when a work injury lawyer is deemed necessary. Sadly, as we have discussed on this blog, work accidents can lead to divorce. Often this occurs when injured workers and their spouses suffer what is known as … Read more

Consider a Divorce Paralegal

We’ve discussed time and again on our blog, the financial strain that comes with divorce, which may supplement– and often augment– the emotional strain. In some cases, you may be able to forego financial difficulty, by working with a divorce paralegal. A qualified paralegal can be immensely helpful when a divorce is straightforward and uncontested, … Read more