One Colorado woman feels that she is part of a class that is often overlooked: single adults left with little money after a divorce, leading to a life of poverty or homelessness. It's more common than you might think for people in her situation to struggle to be able...
Celebrities often make headlines for reasons they'd rather not discuss. Because there is typically a lot of money involved, they are frequently involved in contentious divorce and child custody cases. Here are a few of the more notable celebrity child custody cases in...
It can be easy to take sides after a divorce. Our society is practically conditioned to "choose" one spouse or the other, or to automatically assign blame. It's not uncommon for a couple's friends to assume the husband initiated divorce proceedings. However, often...
It's easy to picture: You're in the midst of a divorce, your ex has just done something to purposefully make you mad, and you're tempted to go on a Facebook rant. People closely involved in divorce cases would say, "Don't do it." As we've suggested in the past,...
Because of a decision by the Supreme Court in 1978, people who are not Native Americans cannot be prosecuted by tribal courts if they commit a crime on tribal land. Some might say that leaves a huge loophole for crimes to be committed and go unpunished. One woman, who...
Many years ago, it was very rare to hear about women who were ordered to pay alimony or spousal support to their ex-husbands. But new research shows it's happening much more often, and a recent case involving a well-known actress illustrates the point. Mena Suvari,...
A committee in the Colorado House of Representatives last week voted to approve and send to the House proposed legislation that would allow same-sex couples in the state to enter into civil unions, giving them many of the same legal rights as married couples. The...
Last August, we told you about supermodel Linda Evangelista's child support dispute with her ex, billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault. She was reportedly seeking $46,000 per month in child support. As they've been continuing the dispute in court, it appears they've...
In the days before online bank accounts and computer wizardry, it may have been relatively easy to hide money from an estranged spouse. But in the last few years, thanks to technology, all of that has changed. When a couple gets a divorce, some estranged spouses might...
When people are having money problems, sometimes that filters down into other aspects of their life. And, according to law enforcement officials, cases of domestic violence are no exception. A national survey of law enforcement agencies shows that domestic violence is...
One Colorado woman feels that she is part of a class that is often overlooked: single adults left with little money after a divorce, leading to a life of poverty or homelessness. It's more common than you might think for people in her situation to struggle to be able...
Celebrities often make headlines for reasons they'd rather not discuss. Because there is typically a lot of money involved, they are frequently involved in contentious divorce and child custody cases. Here are a few of the more notable celebrity child custody cases in...
It can be easy to take sides after a divorce. Our society is practically conditioned to "choose" one spouse or the other, or to automatically assign blame. It's not uncommon for a couple's friends to assume the husband initiated divorce proceedings. However, often...
It's easy to picture: You're in the midst of a divorce, your ex has just done something to purposefully make you mad, and you're tempted to go on a Facebook rant. People closely involved in divorce cases would say, "Don't do it." As we've suggested in the past,...
Because of a decision by the Supreme Court in 1978, people who are not Native Americans cannot be prosecuted by tribal courts if they commit a crime on tribal land. Some might say that leaves a huge loophole for crimes to be committed and go unpunished. One woman, who...
Many years ago, it was very rare to hear about women who were ordered to pay alimony or spousal support to their ex-husbands. But new research shows it's happening much more often, and a recent case involving a well-known actress illustrates the point. Mena Suvari,...
A committee in the Colorado House of Representatives last week voted to approve and send to the House proposed legislation that would allow same-sex couples in the state to enter into civil unions, giving them many of the same legal rights as married couples. The...
Last August, we told you about supermodel Linda Evangelista's child support dispute with her ex, billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault. She was reportedly seeking $46,000 per month in child support. As they've been continuing the dispute in court, it appears they've...
In the days before online bank accounts and computer wizardry, it may have been relatively easy to hide money from an estranged spouse. But in the last few years, thanks to technology, all of that has changed. When a couple gets a divorce, some estranged spouses might...
When people are having money problems, sometimes that filters down into other aspects of their life. And, according to law enforcement officials, cases of domestic violence are no exception. A national survey of law enforcement agencies shows that domestic violence is...