How Can I Tell my Spouse I Want a Divorce?

Your heart knows it is time.  Your brain knows it is time.  But you have been unable to share with your spouse that you want a divorce. Here are some suggestions we share with our clients to help facilitate this problematic conversation: Be 100% sure you want a divorce! Don’t start this conversation if you…

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Divorce Mediation: What are the Benefits?

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Using divorce mediation permits couples to settle their differences instead of fighting like kids while avoiding litigation in a court of law. There are several benefits to divorce mediation. Below we list a few: Peaceful: Just because the couple makes a decision to dissolve a marriage does not mean the divorce must become a battlefield.…

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How to Gain Clarity During the Divorce Process

Experts note stress levels experienced during a divorce are equal to experiencing other significant losses, such as a death in the family.  It is, after all, the loss of a marriage. A marriage that once had a vision of a future that had hopes and dreams. It is an uncomfortable time, full of anxiety. Anxiety…

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Loveless Marriage – I just can’t do it anymore, what should I do?

When you come to a place with your spouse where love no longer exists, it’s time to begin considering dissolving your relationship. Here are some questions we like to ask our clients when we first meet with them: Do you feel like all the love, care and affection your spouse showed in the past is…

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Want to Know the Secret to a Successful Divorce? Hire a Divorce Coach

While your marriage may not have worked out, you have choices about how you divorce. While divorce can be extremely stressful, emotionally difficult and a life changer, there are ways to get through it with your dignity intact, even with your family intact. Most people probably do not think of divorce in terms of being…

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The New Tax Laws and Spousal Support

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The Tax Cut and Jobs Act passed in December 2017 is changing the tax rules around spousal support. Currently, if you pay spousal support, it is an “above the line” tax deduction. Meaning the total amount of the spousal support payment comes right off the top of your income and you don’t pay taxes on…

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