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Quote by me in Time Magazine about Britney Spears Custody Case

Posted on October 04, 2007
Should Britney Lose Custody? The February 2006 photo of Britney Spears steering her SUV out of a Starbucks parking lot in Malibu, Calif., with her infant son, Sean Preston, slumped on her lap was the first sign for many of us that the young mom might not be ready for parenthood...

Two Types Of Cancer More Likely To Lead To Divorce

Posted on October 03, 2007
Two types of cancer are more likely to lead couples to divorce court, researchers said. Researchers compared divorce rates among 215,000 cancer survivors with couples who were cancer free for 17 years. Women with cervical cancer were 40 percent more likely than normal to get divorced, while men with testicular cancer were 20 percent more likely to get divorced...

Spears Ordered to Give Kids to Federline

Posted on October 02, 2007
Britney Spears' continuing downward spiral took a devastating turn on Monday when she was ordered to relinquish custody of her children by a judge who had cited a troubling lifestyle fueled by drugs and alcohol. Superior Court Judge Scott M. Gordon ruled that ex-husband Kevin Federline will take custody of Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, beginning Wednesday "until further order of the court...

Should marrying types have prenup? Yup

Posted on October 01, 2007
I know what you're thinking: Prenups are so unromantic -- a sign of distrust, not love. Time for a reality check, my friends. First, drawing up a prenuptial agreement together is a sign of incredible trust and financial openness -- you're fooling yourself if you think you can achieve complete in timacy without it...

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Judge grants father custody in Connecticut's longest divorce case

Posted on September 28, 2007
An 86-day, $13 million divorce trial has ended with a judge awarding a Westport travel magnate sole custody of his four children and the right to keep most of his fortune. In a written ruling, Judge Holly Abery-Wetstone said Nancy Tauck's claims that her ex-husband possessed child pornography and molested two of his children were "false and spurious...

Nation's Leading Divorce Lawyers Finding More Cases Settled Before Trial

Posted on September 27, 2007
A majority of the respondents to a recent poll of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyer (AAML) members cited an increase in divorce cases being settled before trial. In all, 58% of theattorneys said that they have seen more cases being resolved without trial during the past five years...

Tax issues in divorce and separation

Posted on September 26, 2007
In the event of a divorce, the court has the authority to divide or allocate all the property and assets belonging to both parties. This includes pension plans, IRAs, and other retirement assets. Pension plans, profit-sharing plans, 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans and other "qualified plans" are all subject to an "anti-alienation provision" under federal law that provides that the plans can not be assigned or subject to any type of attachment, garnishment or levy...

Scaife's Wife Gets Giant Settlement After Messy Divorce -- Claims Newspaper is 'Hobby'

Posted on September 25, 2007
The estranged wife of billionaire and newspaper owner Richard Mellon Scaife, the Pittsburgh banking heir turned media mogul, was awarded $725,000 a month in temporary support during their acrimonious divorce, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Sunday...

Money Moves For A Second Marriage

Posted on September 24, 2007
Remarriage is the triumph of hope over experience, wrote Samuel Johnson, the famous 18th century English essayist. People show the same optimism today. "Still, a little advance planning can help you avoid problems," said attorney Marty Shenkman of Teaneck, N...

Divorce threat persists throughout marriage

Posted on September 21, 2007
More than 70% of those who married since 1970 celebrated a 10th anniversary. That statistic ? one of many released Wednesday by the U.S. Census ? shows that divorce itself has stabilized in recent decades, neither rising nor falling significantly. But experts say the longitudinal information also suggests divorce remains a threat throughout married life...

Dating After Divorce

Posted on September 20, 2007
Parents Need To Heed Kids' Reactions But Not Give Them Too Much Power The cellphone calls would start a couple of hours after she left. "Mom, it's 10 o'clock, when are you coming home?" And later, "Mom, where are you now, Mom?" When Anita Garvey started dating a couple of years after her divorce, her teen daughters said they were happy for her, but even so, it wasn't easy on the kids - or Garvey...

WIFE HOPE$ OTHER GAL PUTS . . .REF IN PRENUP PERIL

Posted on September 18, 2007
The wife of crooked NBA ref Tim Donaghy - who two years ago denied to her rumors that he had an Arizona girlfriend - was spurred to file for divorce last week after The Post confirmed the other woman's existence, a source said. Kim Donaghy now believes news of the other woman will help her get a hefty divorce settlement from Tim - despite her having signed a prenuptial agreement 12 years ago, another source said...

Tell-All PCs and Phones Transforming Divorce

Posted on September 17, 2007
The age-old business of breaking up has taken a decidedly Orwellian turn, with digital evidence like e-mail messages, traces of Web site visits and mobile telephone records now permeating many contentious divorce cases. Spurned lovers steal each other?s BlackBerrys...

O.C. spousal support case may set precedent

Posted on August 10, 2007
Yorba Linda man says he shouldn't have to pay spousal support because ex-wife is in domestic partnership. A Yorba Linda man has taken his spousal-support fight to the state Court of Appeals, saying he shouldn't have to pay his ex-wife $1,250 a month when she has entered a domestic partnership with her female companion...

I've been with my fiancee for five years; we're getting married in July

Posted on June 19, 2007
THE PROBLEM My problem is the prenuptial agreement: She feels that after one year of marriage, she should own 30 percent of my house. I've put all my savings into it; I pay all the bills and do all the maintenance. I support her, and she has a very good job...

Divorce Finances

Posted on June 18, 2007
Five things every woman needs to know about divorce and making sure you're taken care of. First, many states determine the value of retirement assets to be split based on the official date of separation, not divorce. So, if you separated in May 2006 but don't divorce until 2007, the courts may direct you to divide assets as of May 2006...

California: Divorce Attorneys Raid Electronic Toll Road Data

Posted on June 15, 2007
Divorce attorneys track the every move of California motorists who use FasTrak electronic toll road transpondersRecords of every trip a motorist takes on an electronic toll road over a five-year period is fair game for divorce attorneys and others given access to California's FasTrak system...

Quitclaim deed overlooked in divorce

Posted on June 13, 2007
Question: What can I do now that I am divorced and my ex-husband's name has been taken off everything, but the title company refuses to take his name off the house? -- Kellie W. Answer: To get your ex-husband's name off the title, he must sign a quitclaim deed to you...

Diving in after divorce

Posted on June 12, 2007
BEFORE TAKING THE PLUNGE BACK INTO THE DATING SCENE, SURVEY THE DEBRIS FROM THE MARRIAGE, EXPERTS SAYIf only real life played out like TV. Recently divorced singles face a slew of dating challenges that their never-been-hitched counterparts seldom endure...

Cost of divorce: $184,000,000

Posted on June 05, 2007
An energy magnate's estranged wife has been awarded $184 million in what appears to be one of the biggest divorce verdicts in American history.Maya Polsky, 55, a Chicago homemaker and art gallery owner, filed for divorce from Michael Polsky in 2003. Maya Polsky's attorney, Howard Rosenfeld, said more than $170 million of the award is nontaxable cash...

Survey: Getting promoted more stressful than divorce

Posted on May 21, 2007
What could possibly be more stressful than getting a divorce? Being promoted. Climbing up the corporate ladder was cited most frequently as life's most difficult event -- beating out calling it quits with a spouse, adjusting to a relocation or even grieving a death -- by nearly 20 percent of business leaders in a recent survey...

Child of divorce wants to choose where he lives

Posted on May 17, 2007
Q What are your thoughts on split custody of two siblings? Eight months ago, the son asked to move in with the father. Now he's asking to move back to his mom's house. He's 11. His reasons for wanting to return are to see his mom and his 6-year-old sister more; to have friends, because he has made no new ones in his current school or neighborhood; and he doesn't like the fact that no one is there when he gets home from school...

Posted on May 17, 2007

U.S. Divorce Rate Lowest Since 1970

Posted on May 11, 2007
By the numbers, divorce just isn't what it used to be. Despite the common notion that America remains plagued by a divorce epidemic, the national per capita divorce rate has declined steadily since its peak in 1981 and is now at its lowest level since 1970...

Tell Me About It: Make peace with your decision to divorce

Posted on May 08, 2007
Question: I recently left a comfortable marriage after 27 years because I didn't love my husband. We lived a passionless, flatlined life and I could go on but it's not the point (or is it?). We were separated for 14 months and are now divorced. I started dating someone and now I live with him...

When Bankruptcy Meets Divorce

Posted on May 07, 2007
Just over two years ago, President George W. Bush signed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA) of 2005, which became effective Oct. 17, 2005. If you are getting divorced, this new bankruptcy law could concern you. Reason: While you may not realize it, in this country, our high divorce rate and bankruptcy commonly intersect...

Diamond, Spielberg top Forbes celebrity divorce list

Posted on April 13, 2007
The bigger they are, the harder they fall -- especially in the world of celebrity divorce. Basketball great Michael Jordan, singer-songwriter Neil Diamond and Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg top a new Forbes magazine list on Thursday of the 10 most costly divorce settlements of the stars...

A Wise and Witty Children's Book About Dealing With Divorce

Posted on April 09, 2007
How I Survived my Parent's Big Scary Divorce by Audrey Lavin is a warm, funny, and supportive book to help children understand and process their parents' divorce, and know that they are not to blame. Endorsed by psychiatry professor and head of the Pediatric Pain Clinic at UCLA, Dr...

Judge: Ex still due alimony when she becomes he

Posted on April 04, 2007
A woman's sex change operation does not free her ex-husband from his alimony obligation, a judge said Wednesday. Attorneys for Lawrence Roach, 48, had argued his 55-year-old ex-wife's decision to switch genders and change her name from Julia to Julio Roberto Silverwolf voided their 2004 divorce agreement...

The Courage to Rebuild After a Break-up or Divorce

Posted on April 03, 2007
Your body holds the wisdom of your deepest self. It is where the life force flows and where you feel the joy and pleasure of your life. It is also where you feel the grace that comes from your connection to God, higher power, or intelligent energy in the universe...

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