With the rising divorce rate and increase in single-parent adoption, the structure of the average American family is changing. In 2009, the U.S. Census Bureau reported single parents headed nearly 14 million families, accounting for more than 26 percent of minor children in the United States. The Child Stats website reports that in 2007, "40 percent of all births were to unmarried women," including teen mothers, divorced mothers and single mothers by choice.
Whether your divorce is amicable or ugly, the realities of moving on can become emotionally, economically and logistically complicated if there are any children involved. According to psychology professor Robert Emery, author o...
Financial considerations permeate a divorce case, according to "The Complete Divorce Handbook: A Practical Guide" by Brette McWhorter Sember. Property division, alimony and even child custody represent elements of marriage diss...
Divorce can cause emotional upset and shock for the couple splitting up. When children are involved, a pending divorce creates uncertainty and fear of the future for you. Since you have decided to split up, you are not at your ...
According to "The Complete Divorce Handbook: A Practical Guide" by Brette McWhorter Sember, a major element of some divorce cases involves determining child custody issues. If you have children and desire to seek a divorce, you...
As you prepare for a divorce case, a legal action including child custody issues, there are basic facts you need to understand regarding the law and procedure. Although some minor differences in divorce and custody statutes exi...
A challenging aspect of divorce proceedings involves resolving child-custody issues. As you consider a divorce case, understand that if a judge is called upon to make decisions regarding custody of your children, the standard s...
Twenge led a research team that analyzed the responses of 77,576 students who took the same personality test from 1938 to 2007. The findings show that in terms of the happiness of young people, there has been no historical prog...
As part of this effort, if you have children, you need basic information about how custody decisions are made during divorce proceedings. Divorce laws differ somewhat from state to state. The basic process for deciding custody ...
Child custody and divorce laws are designed to protect children, and make the best of a stressful and often painful situation. Although all U.S. child custody laws are based on what is in the best interest of the child, specifi...
In the absence of a joint agreement, each party to a divorce with children prepares a separate proposal addressing child custody, visitation and support issues.
The issue of child custody can be one of the most emotional and contentious parts of the process. Though most courts will allow the parents to reach their own agreements, the court will review the parental agreement and reach i...
Divorce is ugly. The ugliness can be compounded when there are children involved, which so often leads to protracted custody battles in court that children get caught in the middle of. If you are getting a divorce and you have ...
Unless you have an extremely amicable divorce, you should expect many of your discussions about child visitation to be tense and stressful. Even when issues about the house, retirement funds and insurance move along smoothly, ...
Locate a trained mediator to host a discussion on child custody during divorce. The yellow pages have an entire section on mediators for family law matters. Contact them and schedule a meeting with the other parent. In prepara...
