Blog Posts in August, 2014

• Posted By The Graves Law Firm 29-Aug-2014

  Some States Make Divorce a Hard Deal

  The time before, during and after a divorce is a tough time. Unfortunately, some states make it a little harder than they need to be. Whether it's antiquated laws or long processing times, divorce is a hard enough situation without the built-in ...

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• Posted By The Graves Law Firm 29-Aug-2014

  Chicago Divorce Between Financial Superpowers Lends to Myth-Busting

  We've covered some high-profile divorces, but rarely do they have this much financial superpower — on both sides — as the upcoming split between Ken Griffin and Anne Dias Griffin, his wife of 11 years. The couple are wealthy hedge ...

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• Posted By The Graves Law Firm 29-Aug-2014

  Gray Divorce Hits Adult Kids Hard

  We've spoken before, about one of the fastest growing population of divorced people in the country — older couples over 50. The country has changed in the past quarter-century, in the way marriage is defined and the rise of women in the ...

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• Posted By The Graves Law Firm 15-Aug-2014

  Highly Educated Women Don't Ruin Marriages, Study Says

  After this most recent recession, there was a dynamic that slightly changed balanced. That's the percentage of men and women who make up the work force. Men still occupy more jobs than women overall, today women make up a larger portion of the ...

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• Posted By The Graves Law Firm 15-Aug-2014

  Back-To-School Strategy For Newly or Currently Divorcing Couples

  Every year it seems to come earlier and earlier, but now it's here — Back-To-School time. Around the country, kids are preparing the supplies and picking out their outfits for the first day. But for some, things may be a little different ...

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• Posted By The Graves Law Firm 15-Aug-2014

  Don't Be Coy or Shy About Asking For A Divorce

  Divorces usually don't come from nowhere. Most times, there's a deep-seeded unhappiness with a relationship that has gotten the divorced to the point where they just can't deal with each other anymore. However, some spouses are so put-off ...

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• Posted By The Graves Law Firm 4-Aug-2014

  Can Your Reputation Cost You Billions in a Divorce?

  This week in Oklahoma, the divorce proceedings between Harold Hamm and his wife Sue Ann begins. Hamm is the majority shareholder Continental Resources, the largest oil driller in the Bakken Shale formation that overlaps Montana, North Dakota and into ...

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• Posted By The Graves Law Firm 4-Aug-2014

  A House Divided in Divorce

  There are so many messy outcomes to a divorce. Besides the mental and financial outcomes, there are some things especially complicated that can't just be solved by one party deciding to pay it, like a credit card bill. A great example of this is ...

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• Posted By The Graves Law Firm 4-Aug-2014

  Hold the Divorce?

  Many couples see separation as a precursor to divorce or a time to reflect on the marriage before reconciliation. It is a time of limbo where each spouse has resigned their fate to the marriage gods, in effect rolling the dice that they and their ...

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