Veronica Baxter interviewed Katherine K. Wagner, Esq. to create this Q & A on the basics of bankruptcy in the context of divorce.  VB: People often ask, should I file bankruptcy before, after, or while I’m getting divorced? KW: It sounds like a cop-out but really, it depends upon the reason the couple feels the […]

by guest author Danielle Daily I cried over an old chair. Today I donated a chair I’ve had for more than 15 years to Goodwill. I could see the chair sitting there abandoned among the piles of other unwanted things in my rearview mirror, and as I drove away, tears started to roll down my

  Sadly, most couples who separate remain separated and eventually divorce. Sometimes, though, some time away from each other, with counseling during the separation, helps them find ways to heal and strengthen their relationship. While they are unsure about whether reuniting will work, they can develop a written agreement about (a) how they are going

Worth noting: Some of these groups are also good for estranged parents who never married each other. Divorce is tough. During a time when you are most upset and are likely to have the most difficulty making rational decisions, you have to deal with legal issues, solve financial problems, and maybe also take care of

  Decision Making (sometimes known as “Legal Custody“) The person or pair of people who have legal custody have the right to make the major decisions about raising and caring for a child. Major decisions include: which day care center to use whether to send a child to private school what the child’s religious upbringing will be

What happens when you and your partner have an argument about something? Does it feel like a fight instead of a problem-solving activity? When you argue in favor of what you want, you may be trying to impose your view on your partner. When you really want to involve your partner in the discussion, you

A Big Change Arrives on January 1, 2019 By Virginia L Colin Decisions about alimony, also known as spousal support, are sometimes hard to make. Nevertheless NOW, before the end of December 2018, is the time to make them if you are separating or divorcing. If you want the tax advantage often associated with alimony, you

In April 2018 Kentucky became the first state to require courts to use a rebuttable presumption of shared parenting in cases of separation or divorce. Translated into language still often used in Virginia, by default the court would order joint legal custody (shared decision-making) and well-shared physical custody (child living with each parent about 50%

by guest author Lydia Chan When I learned that my Aunt Lucille had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, I cried. This was the woman who held me on her lap when I was a child and often amused me with her dry sense of humor. As you can imagine, I was relieved to hear that she hadn’t