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Tips for Surviving Divorce with Children

Each year, the statistics are climbing for divorce. Several years ago, The Americans for Divorce Reform estimated that “Probably, 40 or possibly even 50 percent of marriages will end in divorce if current trends continue.” There are so many reasons for this, however they aren’t as important as helping the child survive divorce. For a child, divorce can be just as hard as the death of a parent. Maintaining a positive environment and lowering stress can help tremendously for a child. Separation or a divorce often leaves parents angry with each other, and children confused and sometimes even blaming themselves. … Continue reading →

Surviving A Hollywood Divorce

In the wake of the many headlines that revealed pop princess Britney Spears “Fed-Exed” her husband of two years, Kevin “K-Fed” Federline, I thought it appropriate to highlight the Hollywood couples who have made it past the “ugly” phase of divorce and moved on “for the sake of the children.” Please note I am in no way condoning the act of divorce, especially when it comes to the hasty unions of young Hollywood, but recently several celebrity couples that have gone through high profile divorces have addressed the issue with various media outlets. The first: the Richie Sambora/Heather Locklear/Denise Richards/Charlie … Continue reading →

Surviving Parenthood

If you follow all of the marriage experts and the relationship surveys, you would be terrified. All of this “good” advice tells us that having kids is a sure way to put your marriage in jeopardy and become unsatisfied as a couple. In fact, some of the conclusions that are released tell you that you might as well prepare for divorce when you are preparing the nursery. But I have news for some of the people behind these reports. parenthood can actually strengthen your marriage for all of the right reasons. Having children does change your relationship. It has to. … Continue reading →

Pregnant “Gossip Girl” Actress Files for Divorce

You know things are bottom of the barrel bad when you feel the need to file for divorce when you’ve only been married for two years… and you are currently three months pregnant. No word on exactly why “Gossip Girl” actress Kelly Rutherford is splitting from her husband of two years, German entrepreneur Daniel Giersch, but it appears their disdain for each other is mutual. According to reports, Rutherford simply beat her estranged husband to the punch by filing for divorce just hours before Giersch submitted his paperwork for legal separation. The 40-year-old former “Melrose Place” star is reportedly three … Continue reading →

Divorce and Credit

A divorce can affect your credit in many ways. Whether you are divorced, planning to get divorced, or want to protect yourself “just in case,” there a few things to consider. For some, if all the bills have been in one spouse’s name and not the other, you may find you don’t have a credit history. This can hurt one’s ability to get loans after a divorce. This is one reason why it is important to keep some credit accounts in each spouse’s name. It can protect your finances against a variety of ills… divorce, spousal death, disability, etc. Some … Continue reading →

Is Divorce an Option in Your Marriage?

Divorce was once a very quiet and embarrassing process. Now divorce is thought of to be a fairly common practice. While Heather addressed the drop in divorce percentage over the past couple of years, some do not give more than a second thought to obtaining a divorce. Some people go into marriage feeling that if it does not work they have a way out trough a divorce. Divorce is too common and easy for many couples. When most couples unite in marriage, they never consider the thought of getting a divorce. So what happens a few years (or months) later … Continue reading →

Four Financial Considerations When You Are Getting Divorced

Divorce is difficult for everyone involved. It is generally a situation in which emotions usually play a big heart. Generally there is so much to consider that it is easy to overlook financial considerations when it comes to the assets and the care of the children. It is important to focus on healing and helping your children, but setting up these stipulations during your divorce will help you down the line. 1) The first thing to consider is child support. The judge will usually decide what a fair amount is. There are many considerations, which include how you split the … Continue reading →

A Celebrity’s Ugly Divorce

That title seems so trite. After all, if kids and loads of money are involved there is little doubt that a divorce is going to be “ugly.” (Remember: Bruce Willis and Demi Moore’s situation is extremely rare.) And why wouldn’t it be? You have two people fighting over the things that mean the most to them… or at least that mean the most to the person they want to see suffer the most. Such is the current situation between actress Anne Heche and her estranged husband Coley Laffoon. According to news reports, the couple’s divorce fight has elevated and is … Continue reading →

Lessons of Divorce – Part Two

Continuing with part one I wanted to provide you with more real life lessons that come out of divorce. Keep in mind that divorce and life after is what you make of it. The key to surviving divorce is to be realistic and be open to learning and growth. -If there are kids resulting from the marriage, you need to remember that you and your ex-spouse will have a connection forever. Many people think that two divorced people only have to deal with each other until the children reach the age of 18 but nothing could be further from the … Continue reading →

A Quieter Divorce: Chris Rock

Britney, Britney, Britney – her name has been in every headline for the past 24 hours since she filed for divorce. Britney finally decided to kick K-Fed (now Fed-Ex) to the curb. Are any of us really surprised? Even though I thought they were a terrible couple, I was still somewhat shocked by the annoucement. I dutifully read the tabloids each week and they have been running stories on Britney and Kevin breaking up since they got together. But still, it was a surprise to know the tabloids were right, at least for once. Another celebrity divorce you may not … Continue reading →