You and your spouse are splitting up, and you initially thought you'd probably retain enough in assets to retire — something you planned to do before your spouse brought up the divorce in the first place. You know the two of you have significant wealth, you know you deserve a good portion of it, ...

You've heard the warnings. People have told you that you're more likely to divorce if you and your spouse have a child who has special needs. You've seen the statistics. Now you feel like your marriage is, in fact, moving in that direction. It's coming apart. You're wondering why this happens. Ma...

Divorce is often very difficult. It involves separating from the person you thought you would spend the rest of your life with, dividing marital property, and working out a custody schedule for the kids. While you may be tempted to rush through the process to get it over with as quickly as possib...

You and your significant other both control a lot of assets. You're in your 40s, getting married for the second time, and you've been through divorce before. You know what it means emotionally, financially and legally. What you want is to prevent a mess if your second marriage falls apart like th...

You tell your spouse you want a divorce. You're 50 years old, but it's time to move on. Your spouse is less than thrilled, though a split was clearly on the horizon for a while. You both have significant assets. Your spouse owns a company and you have been working in a management position at anot...

When you're facing a divorce, asset division and child custody are often the most contentious issues. For many couples, particularly those with higher assets, it can be difficult to reach mutually beneficial agreements about custody, child support and asset division. In these cases, the help of a...

Imagine this situation: You are a mother of a child who is going through the divorce process. While you have to make decisions that will better your life in the future, you also need to consider the well-being of your child. For some mothers, this means fighting for sole custody. This is not the ...

As a father going through the divorce process, you may be concerned about what the future will bring with regard to your relationship with your child (or children). With this in mind, you take a variety of steps to ensure that you continue to play a big role in the raising of your child. In some ...

For better and for worse, divorce is just as much a part of society as marriage. When the time comes, divorce is never an easy process. The splitting up of all of the assets, such as the car, house, and even friends, is a potentially ugly process that brings all of the emotions back to the surfac...

Divorce is never a simple matter, even in a best-case scenario, and often has a way of complicating already difficult matters. For the parents of a special needs child, requires specific attention to a wide array of present and future issues. Parents must ensure that the child they share will not...