Divorce

Entrepreneurs are always looking for something potentially lucrative to invest in. Here's an idea - divorce. Stories have recently surfaced about fledgling companies that offer divorce insurance, where one or both spouses can buy a policy to safeguard against marital...

Ambrose Bierce, the acerbic American social commentator of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, defined divorce as "a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries."The point: From the very beginning of the United States until now, there have...

Family groups and organizations, sociologists and researchers, pollsters and trend analysts - all of these individuals and entities have long focused on the divorce rate in the United States as a central component in understanding American family life.There is both...

Social media sites, such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, along with communication tools such as e-mail and texting, are often cited for their special utility in fostering contacts and exchanges between people, helping to create lasting and sometimes intimate...

Despite the common nature of divorce in America, there is still a stubbornly held view among a fringe few that retention of the nuclear family at all costs is preferable to divorce in every instance. In other words, an enduring marriage - even if wrought by conflict...

At first blush, the interplay in a debate between what is called an "integrated model of parenthood" and a "diversity approach" to parenthood might not seem to have much immediate relevance to important family law topics and considerations. A Washington University law...

It can probably be safely presumed that not many engaged couples compile checklists of compatibility points that might help to cumulatively gauge the likelihood of their future marital success. Likewise, even fewer probably tick off factors that can militate against...

As they so often seem to do, celebrities serve to signify trends and spotlight issues (think Angelina Jolie and world hunger, Sean Pitt and his Haiti volunteer work, Kevin Costner and his recent Capitol Hill appearances regarding the BP oil spill and clean-up...

If you are in a marriage that was established between 1979 and 2002 and in which the wife makes 60 percent or more of the family's income, you might want to revisit the spread.As reported in a recent study, that would appear to be sound advice in a great many...

Cobb County Superior Court judges Lark Ingram and Robert Flournoy would most likely advise against it. So, too, would Gwinnett County State Court Judge Randy Rich.When it comes to lay persons seeking to represent themselves in divorce, child custody and other civil...