Blog Posts in May, 2012

• Posted By Demetria Graves 29-May-2012

  Former NBA Player Has Hand Out To Reality Queen

  Charlie Bell is asking for alimony after his ex hits it big on 'Basketball Wives' What came first—the baller or the show? That's the question in the case between former NBA player Charlie Bell and his estranged wife Kenya. It turns ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 29-May-2012

  Will You Check In To (Or Check Out) The Divorce Hotel?

  A novel idea might not be the best one for a divorce Entrepreneur Jim Halfens has decided to bring a very unique boutique hotel idea to the United States from his home in the Netherlands. There, he has been very successful with his creation—the ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 29-May-2012

  Don't Let Boomer Divorce Derail Your Retirement

  What you should do to protect your assets With science providing a longer lifespan for most of humanity, there are marriages that have just run their courses, and couples divorcing after looking at those longer lifespans. With half of marriages in ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 29-May-2012

  The Gay Wedding Prenup Is Here

  Equality for everything, including surviving the divorce intact The world is trending in favor of gay couples being able to marry using any barometer, be it political or poll. And while that is great, the other, sadder side of marriage—divorce, ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 22-May-2012

  Avoiding Money Troubles In Marriage

  There are few things that can sink a marriage faster than miscommunication when it comes to money. This is especially true in a world where the economy can make any job disappear and turn a healthy relationship sour at the drop of a hat. But if you ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 22-May-2012

  Divorce Makes American Women Work More

  America is the land of innovation and hard work. At least the latter is what a new study shows—that the workforce in the U.S. spends 30% more time in the office than their European counterparts. However, while lower tax rates are given for the ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 22-May-2012

  Bad Marriages Make Better Future Ones

  Every cloud has a silver lining, and the one for a failed, contentious marriage has been found by new research coming out of U.T. Austin. According to their paper, '"How Good for Children is the "Good Divorce"?', the daughters ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 22-May-2012

  Returned Russian Orphan Gets Day In Court

  Here's a happy update from a story we wrote about previously. Torry Hansen is a woman who adopted a young Russian boy, bringing him from Moscow to her California home in 2009. According to Hansen, that didn't go over too well because she felt ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 15-May-2012

  Can No-Fault Divorces Win In New York?

  The last state to allow them is facing an uphill battle to reform In 2010, the state of New York became the last to pass a law permitting No-Fault Divorces, the type that allows couples to dissolve a marriage that is "irrevocably damaged" ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 15-May-2012

  Equality Comes To Alimony

  Women are catching up to men in having to pay up While women are still trying to catch up to men in terms of equal pay, there is a number they are making full strides in: the amount of ex-spouses who have to pony up alimony and child support payments ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 15-May-2012

  Israeli Woman Jailed For Denying Divorce

  Man says she's using the law to blackmail him In another post this week, we discussed the No-Fault Divorce. However in Israel, a woman is facing the polar opposite of that idea of an amicable dissolution of marriage. The woman, whose name is ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 7-May-2012

  Be Prepared

  The financial fallout from divorce doesn't have to be disastrous One of the few things The Boy Scouts and divorce have in common is the phrase "Be Prepared." For the Scouts, their motto is a call for enlightenment in their young ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 7-May-2012

  Can I Use A Mediator?

  Not all divorces need attorneys, but make sure you fall into that category While I believe the services I provide are helpful to my clients in reaching resolution, once and a while there are cases that I believe can be handled out of court or a ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 7-May-2012

  When It's Over, It's Over

  Remember that divorce settlements are written in stone Divorce is a tricky water to navigate. There are various threads of emotion going on that deal with love, loss and fear of the future that make dealing with the barebones of the ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 1-May-2012

  Can A QDRO Make Your Divorce A Little Bit Smoother?

  Learn how these court-issued judgments can hurt or help you While you're going through a divorce, it's not the best time to have unknown acronyms being thrown your way. It's one of the most emotional times in your life, so it's best ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 1-May-2012

  Divorce Has No Age Limit

  Paper shows a rise in divorces among older Americans You've heard the term gay divorcee, but now it's time that the gray divorcee gets their moment in the spotlight. That's because in the 20 years between 1990 and 2009, the divorce rate ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 1-May-2012

  What Comes First: Bankruptcy Or Divorce

  Try to save some headaches with our tips Sometimes, when it's beneficial to both parties, one or both parties of a divorcing couple will file for bankruptcy. These are obviously life-changing and very stressful situations on their own, let alone ...

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