Posts Tagged ‘Marriage’
How Can Prenuptial Agreements Address Debt That Is Acquired Prior to or During the Marriage?
Looking to Save Your Marriage after Financial Betrayal? A Postnuptial Agreement Can Preserve Your Relationship and Your Peace of Mind
Shakespeare famously observed that “the course of true love never did run smooth.” Even the best of marriages go through troubled times. Often the problems relate to money. When one partner hides money problems from the other, it creates a type of financial infidelity that can be as harmful to the relationship as romantic infidelity.…
Read MoreWhen Is Choosing Single Parenthood a Better Option Than Marriage?
As a divorce lawyer, my days are spent untangling the married lives of people who no longer want to be married, and who sometimes should never have gotten married in the first place. In a recent New York Times article Single at 38? Have That Baby, the author shares her decision to deliberately get pregnant and…
Read MoreSecond Marriages: Why a Prenuptial Agreement is Wise
As we get older we’re supposed to get wiser. In fact, I would rank increased wisdom at the very top of the benefits of aging. So why do so many people enter their second or even third marriages ignoring what they know? The statistics prove these marriages are more likely to end in divorce than…
Read MorePlan to Have a Great Marriage
I recently read an article on The New York Times wellness blog by Tara Parker-Pope called ‘The Decisive Marriage.’ In it, Parker-Pope explores the research gathered through The National Marriage Project and asks how does being decisive – or not – affect a marriage? Though it is not mentioned in the article, I thought some of the…
Read MoreMarriage and the Expectation of Online Privacy
A Michigan man, Leon Walker, was recently charged with invasion of privacy after reading his wife’s email on a computer they shared. He confirmed his suspicion that she was having an affair, but now he is facing the possibility of serving up to 5 years in prison. Walker, in his defense, has stated that he…
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