Posted on November 30, 2012 in Family Law

For many people, the holiday season means less stress and spending time with your family, but for divorced couples with children, it might be anything but easy. The same goes for separated parents who are considering divorce. Both parents, of course, want to spend the holidays with their children, but it is not usually possible after a divorce. The Huffington Post did a story about this issue for their divorce section.

For divorced parents, this is something they have to get used to for their children's sake. If a holiday without children is tough for a parent, a holiday without a parent is even harder for a child. This does not, however, mean that it is not possible to make new, happy holiday memories.

It is all a matter of planning ahead and communicating with the other parent, so that there are no misunderstandings. If a divorce has a high level of conflict, courts may decide where children will spend their holidays when custody is decided on.

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 Posted on November 29, 2012 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on November 26, 2012 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on November 25, 2012 in Family Law

The Star Tribune is reporting that a new study out of Marquette University shows a correlation between the national divorce rate and the Great Recession. The study concludes that while the Great Recession saw a rapid decrease in the national divorce rate in its early years, this period of economic hardship did not result in a permanent decrease. Rather, as the economy began to slowly recover in more recent years, divorce rates again increased. In other words, while the poor economy may have forced some marriages to remain intact out of necessity, these same couples still ultimately divorced once economic hardships eased.

More specifically, the national divorce rate rose from 16.4 per 1,000 married women in 2005 to 17.5 per 1,000 married women in 2007, the rate then fell to 16.9 per 1,000 married women in 2008. The moral of this story is that while economics can force a couple to remain in the same household or in a unhappy marriage for purely financial reasons, as soon as finances improve, the divorce will inevitably occur. A poor economy, then, cannot forestall or prevent an impending divorce forever, although it may be able to delay the proceedings for some period of time.

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 Posted on November 23, 2012 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on November 20, 2012 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on November 17, 2012 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on November 16, 2012 in Family Law

Hurricane Sandy touched many lives and destroyed a lot of homes in the United States, but some people say it will affect future marriages too. There have been studies on the effects of natural disasters on marriages and birthrates in the past, so could be possible to predict how Sandy affects these things by looking at past disasters. Slate reported a story about the situation and a possible future.

According to the story, when Hurricane Hugo hit South Carolina in 1989, declining marriage rates went up. Catherine Cohan and Steve Cole found that a year after the hurricane, the marriage rate was higher than past years, and a year after that it returned to declining rates like before the disaster. This is especially true for the areas that were hit hard.

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 Posted on November 14, 2012 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on November 11, 2012 in Personal Injury

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