Divorce Advice for Men | Fathers Rights Divorce | Child Custody

By Sara Pitcher

Mens Divorce Lawyer

At Cordell & Cordell, we advise our clients on the perils of moving out of the marital home before or during your divorce. In fact, it's listed as one of "The 10 Stupidest Mistakes Men Make When Facing Divorce" in Cordell & Cordell co-founder Joseph Cordell's book.

The party that moves out is less likely to receive primary custody of the children, less likely to be granted possession of the marital home by the judge, and has little control over what is done with property located inside the home.

But if you smartly refuse to move out and your wife, in all likelihood, also refuses to leave the home, what are your options to get her to move out so you are not stuck sharing a living space with the person you are least likely to want to see?

Dave Taylor's insightful and humorous posts on his blog GoFatherhood.com run the gamut from handling his teenage daughter's dating to managing a household to long-distance parenting problems that frequently exist for divorced dads.

Dave is a single dad to three who blogs about divorce, parenting, and being a single father at GoFatherhood.com.

He talked with DadsDivorce.com editor Matt Allen about the dad blogger community and why "it sucks being a divorced, single dad."

By Jennifer L. Hartstein, PsyD.

Author of Princess Recovery: A How-To Guide to Raising Strong, Empowered Girls Who Can Create Their Own Happily Ever Afters

The holidays are filled with so many wonderful things: family, friends, parties, religious endeavors, and, of course, gifts.

All of these things can bring us joy (along with the requisite stress), but it is the gifts that often create the greatest source of concern, especially if you have to worry about what people around you are going to be purchasing for your daughter.

Very often, people buy things that are meaningful to them, and not as meaningful to the receiver. Additionally, not everyone will respect your desire to promote your daughter's empowerment.

Situations involving gifts do pose a unique challenge. People in your life may not have the level of awareness you do, nor will they share your concerns or have the same values about what will promote a positive sense of self and confidence in your daughter.

Question:

I owe back child support payments due to an arrearage building up when my children were younger and I was unable to pay.

Recently, the child support agency has notified me of my outstanding balance for past child support obligations, even though my children are in their 40s now.

Since I am now retired, can the state intercept and garnish my social security payments for purposes of paying off my child support arrears?

By Matt Allen

Editor, DadsDivorce.com

If you live in New Hampshire and want a quickie divorce, you're in luck. But if you live just over the state line in Vermont, then settle in for a long, drawn-out case.

That's how varied divorce laws are in the U.S. as these two border states rank as the easiest and hardest states, respectively, to get a divorce, according to a report from Bloomberg Rankings.

In New Hampshire there is no minimum processing time or residency requirement, but in Vermont a divorce will take a minimum of 15 months.