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Divorce and custody negotiations are stressful. How do you know what things to ask for in divorce? It’s easy to want to plow through negotiations as quickly as possible. Slow your roll. What should a woman ask for in a…
Most people who get married never imagine they’ll file for divorce someday. However, we all know that many relationships run their course — and that divorce is becomes inevitable. Fortunately, it’s easier than ever to file for divorce online if…
Here are two facts: Fact 1: The divorce-complex is designed to make your breakup far more contentious than it probably needs to be, and lots of people make a ton of money from that reality. Think about it: Your lawyer…
I’ve heard it time and again: While they they were married, he worked a bazillion hours, rarely helped around the house, barely made time for the kids and spent any free time or money doing whatever the eff he wanted….
In this weekly feature I answer your personal finance questions. Dear Emma, WTF?! I divorced three years ago after 10 years with a man who barely worked, was constantly promising to make good on a variety of schemes and scams:…
I wrote this last year, and am republishing it now in light that this summer season has many of us spending long stretches away from our kids, including me. What do you think? Do you talk to your kids every…
I’ve been friends with time management expert and author Laura Vanderkam for a long time. We used to be part of an informal group of young mom writers in New York who would get together once a month for dinner…
The past few months Helena has been obsessed with family stories. “Mommy, tell me a story about when I was a baby,” she’ll ask, and I’ll tell her about how once, as a sleeping infant, her laugh broke the pin-drop…
If you’re looking for sneaky or aggressive ways to shake money from your soon-to-be ex, click off this post and look elsewhere. But if you’re going through a divorce, and are stressed about money, keep reading. And if you ARE…
Co-parenting is the future, and the future is now. Science is 100 percent behind collaborative co-parenting. It is not divorce or separated families that harms children — but conflict between parents, which studies have found leads to fathers being marginalized…
Divorce is big business, but that doesn’t mean it always has to cost big bucks. Obviously, divorce sucks — even when it brings a sense of relief. But that doesn’t mean every couple who decides to call the whole thing…
Most lawyers require a retainer up front and an hourly rate of $200, $300, $500 or more per hour. These costs can be a real barrier for people who need legal help, especially individuals who are navigating a legal crisis,…
Not every marriage has to end in an expense court brawl. If you’re ready to divorce, you’re both on relatively good terms, and don’t have complicated assets, there’s a good chance you can split up without the big to-do –…
One of the biggest downsides to divorce – other than, hello, it’s divorce – is the major amount of effort that goes into making it happen. Life is hard enough as it is without factoring in the exorbitant amount of…
Divorce is more or less always atrocious. But it doesn’t always have to be a knock-down drag-out legal brawl, either. Many times, people getting divorced don’t have a lot of animosity toward one another, and an easy separation process can…
Plenty of memes going around Facebook giving Father’s Day shout-outs to single moms who “do it all.” Make your way down the card isle and you will come across Hallmark’s cards, they have a half-dozen designed celebrating moms on this…
Eighteen months after my marriage ended, I jumped into a heady, sexually intense year-long relationship with a fellow writer and parent who was 20 years older than I was. In hindsight, it was no surprise it ended — his kids…
You’re divorced (or the engagement got called off). What do you do? Sell your wedding dress?! After all, it’s not like you’re going to wear it again! (Though single mom Kaytlin said she dyed hers red and made it into…
In my work writing about women, money and family in the United States, there are two prevailing issues: Dads who do not live with their kids are barely involved. (Just 22% of dads who live apart from their children see…
Money is often cited as the No. 1 thing divorcing couples fight over. Financial disagreements clog the courts and wrack up attorney bills — not to mention burn untold units of stress and misery for each party, their children…
