Does divorce affect credit? You bet it does, so get more information on the pitfalls of bad credit after divorce.

Divorce, in the public perception, is rarely a friendly undertaking. Even on this blog we often follow stories of contentious celebrity divorces and separations that don’t end well, with the theme usually being that couples are rarely on their best behavior when it comes time for a divorce . An article from USA Today , however, makes the claim that divorce is getting friendlier for a lot of couples. The article offers a couple of quick examples of what it sees as a potentially growing trend of divorces that are less contentious than perhaps they have been in the past. One dad, John Jarvis, of Phoenix, stays in his ex-wife’s guest room when he visits their 13-year-old daughter. Another divorcé, Bob Murphy of…

In 1970, California changed the way people look at divorce and made it a lot easier to get out of a marriage by passing the second no – fault divorce law in the United States. In 1953, Oklahoma passed the countries first laws doing away with the need to find fault in divorce. It took 17 years for the rest of the country to follow suit. Some would say that we have become a progressive country when it comes to our divorce laws. Some sternly, disagree. … Read Full Post

Discovering that your spouse is having an emotional affair can be devasting. Understand what is going on and get tips for overcoming infidelity.

Las Vegas is a city known for quick marriages, but Nevada’s governor, Gov. Jim Gibbons, recently finalized his divorce from wife Dawn when a family court judge in Reno, Nevada, signed the divorce decree. According to the Associated Press , the first family of Nevada has officially split. The Gibbons’s divorce marks the first time in the state’s history that a sitting governor has gotten a divorce. That’s not the only first, however. Gibbons was also the first incumbent governor to lose a party primary. …

Legal separation is the solution when you’re neither married nor divorced.

I recently found myself debating a group of younger folks about the merits and negative aspects of no-fault divorce law . We were comparing the differences between today’s divorce laws and contract law . I was the only debate participant who had been married and through the divorce process. … Read Full Post

The recent announcement that Kelsey Grammer and his wife Camille are divorcing has been big news. What’s an even bigger story is the fact that the multi-millionaire Grammer did not have a prenuptial agreement. A recent article on a pop-culture website gives us a list of the top ten celebrities that didn’t have a prenup when they needed it most. Here is a sampling from the list of famous and most expensive divorces without a prenup. When Mel Gibson got divorced after 28 years of marriage, he was forced to give up a full 50 percent of…

The economic downturn is placing major stresses on marriages today, and there is another side effect showing itself: when couples divorce but don’t have the economic resources to move out from their family home. Couples are left to weather the emotional difficulty of living with a spouse that they’ve separated from, because a lack of resources and a tough housing market make it impossible to maintain two separate households. It’s divorce without the separation. ABC Primetime …

A prenuptial agreement is a legally bind contract created by two people before they marry. In the prenuptial agreement the couple addresses such issues as the property bought into the marriage by each person and what the property rights of each will be should they divorce. … Read Full Post