Divorce Advice for Men | Fathers Rights Divorce | Child Custody

All children need two parents in their lives even if their parents are divorced.

This concept of the importance of shared parenting is not lost on Washington State Sen. Jim Kastama, who is known as the Washington Legislature's leading advocate for shared parenting and recently announced he is running for Washington's Secretary of State.

Sen. Kastama was recently invited on stage at a Blue October concert in Seattle drumming up support within the crowd to allow divorced dads more access to their children.

He visited with DadsDivorce.com editor Matt Allen to discuss the "appalling" statistics of the lack of shared parenting and why it's imperative the younger generation fight for fathers rights.

The future of lifetime alimony awards is hopefully in peril, particularly in light of a recent Tennessee Supreme Court decision.

In a decision that could shape how alimony is awarded, the court ruled an award of lifetime alimony to a healthy, employed wife was inappropriate.

This ruling illustrates a more modern approach to determining alimony that takes into account a wife’s occupation and earning capacity.

One of the attorneys who successfully argued the appeal on behalf of the husband is Jeffrey Levy, a mens divorce attorney based in Nashville. He talked with DadsDivorce.com editor Matt Allen about the case and its potential impacts.

The post-divorce life is a significant adjustment for divorced dads and their children, especially when it comes to dating.

DadsDivorce.com editor Matt Allen talked with nationally recognized divorce and relationship expert Nancy Fagan about post-divorce dating and how to handle introducing your new girlfriend to your children.

Fagan provides divorce planning and mediation services for men and women as the owner of The Divorce Help Clinic and has appeared on countless radio and television shows.

She offers advice on how and when to talk to your children about a new relationship and how your children's ages influence those decisions.

Roughly 2.5 million domestic violence cases are reported each year; more than 1 million are false reports.

A system originally designed to protect against violent acts is now being used as a strategical tactic in divorce and child custody cases.

The powerful 30-minute documentary "DVI: The Inside Story" examines the impact of false domestic violence claims and a system that promotes these false allegations.

DadsDivorce.com editor Matt Allen interviewed filmmaker Tom Lemons about how the system is being abused and the devastating effects these false allegations have on men's lives.

Watch the interview below. A link to the documentary, which is well worth watching, is below the video.

Massachusetts is the latest state to enact sweeping changes to its archaic alimony laws, as alimony reform movements are gaining momentum around the country.

Both houses of the Massachusetts legislature unanimously voted to change the alimony laws, which put an end to lifetime alimony obligations and a cap on payments based on the duration of a marriage.

One of the forces behind the alimony reform movement is Elizabeth Benedict, a novelist and journalist whose op-ed piece in the Boston Globe in 2008 helped moved forward the alimony reform movement in Massachusetts.

Benedict talked with DadsDivorce.com editor Matt Allen about "medieval" alimony laws and what other states are in desperate need of reform. (Note: you can learn more about alimony reform movements in various states by visiting the sites MassAlimonyReform.org and FloridaAlimonyReform.com.)