How to avoid triggering a costly tax bill, tips on dividing financial assets, filing for Social Security, and whether to sell or keep the...

What happens when the father is the stay-at-home spouse and the mother is the primary earner? Can we simply swap out the term husband for...

As the number of couples who split after the age of 50 rises, more Americans are looking at a retirement that is drastically different...

In divorce mediation, there are some things that must never be cloaked in mystery or veiled by the fog of uncertainty. Certain matters...

The same unhappy event in itself is not necessarily destined to morph into trauma. Take this example: a child is ridiculed by his...

In divorcing situations, some pain may be inevitable, but trauma is preventable! In a divorce, parents lose their tempers, over-share...

In Part I of this article Rachel Alexander examines the complex situation of shared custody with an ex-spouse you don’t trust. Here, in...

Co-parenting without mutual trust is tough, but not uncommon. In this excellent blog posting, Rachel Alexander discusses the distrust...

Divorce presents many challenges. One of them is whether and when to begin a new relationship at the same time you are ending another....

In this excellent article from the New York Times, Jancee Dunn offers ideas to help a loved one who is going through a divorce. Make...

Whether you’re separated or divorced, parenting children can be difficult to navigate if you decide to split up. There are all sorts of...

In this excellent blog posting, Jackie Pilossoph offers the responses she got when she asked that question to the Divorced Girl Smiling...

Divorce is a sensitive and often tumultuous time, marked by emotional upheaval and significant life changes. Amidst the complexities of...

Thanks to advances in medical care and other societal improvements, people in the United States are living longer than ever before in the...

If you’re married and contemplating divorce or are having issues in your marriage, you may have questions about the key differences...

By 2030 gray divorces are projected to triple, according to studies by Bowling Green State University, which, in 2012, found that even...

In Part I of this excellent article Rachel Alexander examines the complex situation of shared custody with an ex-spouse you don’t trust....

Co-parenting without mutual trust is tough, but not uncommon. Distrust of the other parent for our purposes is when one parent ...

Divorce can be an emotionally challenging and contentious process. However, an increasing number of couples are turning to mediation as...

Getting a divorce is a stressful ordeal, whether you're divorcing a total nightmare or a decent person. Everyone, and I mean everyone,...