In a divorce case that seems made for TV, a high-profile mortgage lender is heading back to court to get his divorce case reopened and the property settlement modified. He’s hoping that evidence gathered in a criminal case will enable him to prove to the family court judge once and for all that his ex-wife [...]
–”USA Today” reported that the divorce rate has reached its highest level since 1999. The overall divorce rate was 3.7 percent (the civilian divorce rate is 3.5 percent). While individual units of the military had different rates – Air Force divorce (3.9 percent), Marine divorce (3.8 percent), Army divorce (3.7 percent) and Navy (3.6 percent) no [...]
According to the latest census data, 1.8 million men are single dads. And 32 percent of men with wives in the workforce said they were regularly caring for their children under age 15 (an increase of 6 percent over respondents in 2002). With these kinds of statistics, it seems like America has truly embraced fatherhood, [...]
A comment made by a judge to a University of Minnesota professor could result in a change in divorce law in a number of states if states enact the Second Chances Act. The judge noticed that some couples who came before him in divorce court still treated each other with sensitivity and had good communication. [...]
In our last post we talked about actions that parents or the Arizona Department of Economic Security can take to get payment from a parent who owes back child support. But sometimes these efforts are not successful. A parent who is intent on not paying the support they owe can put their property in another [...]
So you’ve gone to court and the judge ordered child support for your children, and yet you are having difficulty getting that support in full, month after month. What can you do? There are a variety of actions that a parent or the Arizona Department of Economic Security can take to compel a parent to [...]
Some 22 million children under the age of 21 rely upon child support from a non-custodial parent. A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau casts light on the plight of these children, the majority of whom are not getting the support they are due. In 2009, just 41 percent of custodial parents received the [...]
A California man involved in a messy child custody dispute is now in court seeking punitive damages against his estranged wife, a private investigator, a police sheriff and deputy, and several others. He is charging civil rights violations, bad faith arrest, false imprisonment, abuse of process, intentional affliction of emotional distress and constitutional violations. The [...]
The dynamics of abusive relationships make them difficult to leave. Many women who want to leave an abusive husband or boyfriend fear they can’t do so because they are financially dependent upon the abuser. Even if the woman has a job, she may have little control over her finances. Her abuser may have kept her [...]
Fathers are important to a child’s development. Whether you are involved in a child custody case right now, or your divorce is long past but you are having trouble co-parenting, the work of Dr. Warren Farrell affirms that the hard work of setting aside your differences and putting your children first can pay off. Dr. Farrell [...]