Divorce Advice for Men | Fathers Rights Divorce | Child Custody

By Jennifer M. Paine

Cordell & Cordell Divorce Lawyer

Although the holiday season is here, now is not the time to stop working on your case. In fact, the end of the year is a crucial time to complete three essential tasks that can impact your divorce.

Take some time to do these now, and you will have more time to enjoy the holidays.

By Julie Garrison

Special to DadsDivorce.com

Children go through more heartache during divorce than I could detail on a thousand pages.

Divorcing parents can become so wrapped up in their own turmoil that the children become collateral damage.

Here are three examples of behavior that can hurt children:

By Julie Garrison

Special to DadsDivorce.com

An ounce of protection can help ward off a lifetime of sorrow and frustration.

The key in preventing parental kidnapping is to put protections and interventions in place that will prevent the child abduction from ever happening in the first place.

Here are 13 proactive actions that a parent can take:

Question:

I no longer have a current child support obligation, but I still have an order to pay off a child support arrears balance.

I am paying the arrears, but it is affecting my credit report and it seems I'll never be able to pay it off since it is constantly earning interest.

Since all I'm paying at this point are arrears and the interest, does my ex-wife receive those payments?

Question:

I purchased a diamond engagement ring for my soon-to-be-ex-wife with pre-marital assets.

It was given to her as a gift. However, at separation she gave the ring back to me, and I currently have possession of the ring.

Is the engagement ring treated as separate property or marital property?