How To Keep A Household Budget With A Single Income

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Guest Blog by Carol Ferguson What gives me the right to teach you about household budgeting? I’ve been there and done that and as the saying goes: “I’ve got the T-shirt”. After 18 years of marriage, it was over. Why doesn’t matter. Whose fault it was doesn’t matter. That was part of my “moving on”. It [...]

How to Get Help Starting Divorce

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Has the thought of starting divorce shattered your confidence?  Are you feeling overwhelmed by the unknown?  How do you regain your confidence and develop the resilience that you need to move forward? The key thing to remember is not to go it alone. Divorce is an emotionally and physically draining process that can significantly alter [...]

Overwhelm During Divorce

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Are you struggling with all the changes going on right now during your divorce? Since divorce cuts across all the parts of a person’s life and absorbs a vast amount of emotional energy along the way, you are definitely not alone if you are struggling to figure out what to focus on first. What are [...]

Starting Divorce: Fear of Change

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Do you know someone who has been thinking about divorce for quite some time, yet continues to stay in an unfulfilling and unhealthy relationship due to fear of change? In Brendon Burchard’s new book, “The Charge,” he describes how change is a biologically based call forward to drive and learn, yet so many people are [...]

Making the Decision to Divorce or Not

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  Are you struggling with the  decision about whether it is the right time for you to move toward the direction of divorce? Many people spend months and sometimes even years considering the possibilities of separation and divorce.  Although some people can recall the exact moment when the decision about whether to divorce was no [...]

Who Claims the Kids for Taxes?

Even with a  Divorce Decree and Parenting Plan in hand, who claims the kids for taxes can result in quite a bit of arguments between parents. The worst part is that you may not even find out you are in this situation if your ex filed first and you’re just now receiving notice from the [...]

Choosing a Divorce Lawyer: 5 Questions to Ask

When it comes to making the best decision about which lawyer to hire for their divorce, many people rely on getting a referral from a friend of relative. Although this is a common way to choose a lawyer, it can lead to a mismatch in expectations between how the client thinks that their case will [...]

High Cost of Divorce

According to the Forbes Magazine article,  ”To Have And to Hold On To,” “Estimates on the average cost of a divorce in the U.S. range from $15,000.00 to $30,000.00. Where does all that money go? The bulk of it, predictable goes to the lawyers. Matrimonial law is currently a staggering 28 billion a year industry. [...]

January Has More Divorce Filings than Any Other Month

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Although T.S. Eliot wrote in The Waste Land that “April is the cruelest month,” when it comes to filing for divorce, January is the month that leads to the most heartaches. Divorce Lawyer Source states that “More divorces are filed in January than any other month, according to court records and anecdotal evidence from divorce [...]

Divorce During the holidays: Great Expectations

Are you experiencing your first holidays since your divorce started? High expectations for the Holiday Season along with the uncertainty about what the New Year will bring often combine to create frustration and pressure to make Christmas even better than the way you celebrated it before the divorce began. However, this is usually a recipe for disaster. The huge [...]