Divorce

When couples become parents, it is certainly not uncommon for one parent to decide to stay home with the children. In fact, according to the Pew Research Center, 29 percent of mothers in the U.S. are stay-at-home moms and 6 percent of fathers are stay-at-home dads. In...

It may seem hard to believe, but figures show that the national average divorce rate for first marriages currently sits at a whopping 52 percent, while the national average divorce rate for subsequent marriages sits at an astounding 70-plus percent. As a married...

The New York State Department of Health recently released preliminary figures on the number of divorces and dissolutions of marriage by annulment here in the Empire State in 2012, the most recent year for which such data is available. While the numbers are certainly...

When a person makes the difficult decision to seek a divorce, they may think that the hardest part is over and that they won't be called upon to make these kinds of trying decisions for the remainder of the process. While it would be nice if this were the case, the...

Most people associate the month of January with new beginnings, meaning a renewed resolve to both fix lifestyle problems and try new things. For the most part, these new beginnings center on things like work, school, physical conditioning, hobbies and, of course,...

The vast majority of people understand and appreciate that the decision to seek a divorce is not something to be taken lightly. That's because they know that while a divorce may enable them to start down a new path in life, it could result in major changes in their...

With the holidays officially upon us, hundreds of thousands of children across the U.S. are now counting down the final hours to when they get to tear open their presents and, at long last, enjoy the gifts that their parents bought for them. In fact, some children...

Some of our readers have likely heard about the complicated family law issue of pet custody. While nearly all 50 states perceive pets as personal property that can easily be divided in a divorce, pet owners aren’t so sure and have started requesting pet custody...

Many people would agree that overindulging in alcohol is not exactly a healthy thing to do. Many people have experienced negative consequences in their personal lives or have witnessed negative consequences due to another person's drinking at one time or another....

Research in social behaviors has long been interested in the impact divorce has on people. Recently, an interesting question has been brought up in the field: is divorce contagious? After analyzing data over the last three decades, researchers believe they may have an...