‘Divorce Information’ Archives
In most states, you can lose your professional licenses and drivers licenses after a divorce and here’s why…
If you are recently divorced and have been ordered to pay alimony, maintenance and child support, you should be aware that failure to do so could result in you losing any professional state-issued licenses such as attorneys, doctors, architects, real estate agents, cab drivers, beauticians, notary, nurse practitioner, police officer....and you [...]
The pathophysiology of a failed marriage: How your spouse’s body language might signal divorce
Can body language predict divorce? Is there such as thing as the "pathophysiology" of a failed marriage? What even is pathophysiology? Wikipedia: Pathophysiology is the study of the changes of normal mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions, either caused by a disease, or resulting from an abnormal syndrome. More formally, it is the branch [...]
Divorce & Intercepting the tax refund
Here in New York, and presumably across the country, your tax refund is fair game if you have a judgment of divorce that calls for you to pay child support, alimony and maintenance, or if you have support arrears. In New York it is called the State Income Tax Refund Intercept Program. What that means is if there is a final decree or judgment in [...]
The divorce dichotomy: blame vs. blameworthiness
THE DIVORCE DICHOTOMY: BLAME VS. BLAMEWORTHINESS It is a part of the alchemy of every divorce action, this notion that someone is to be blamed or is blameworthy, and then there is the martyr or victim who is harmed who does the blaming. Divorce has this weird transcendent power to transmute love into this war where, on opposite sides, you [...]
The Divorce-Avoidance Handbook from A-Z
THE DIVORCE-AVOIDANCE HANDBOOK FROM A-Z Anger is inevitable but destructive to a marriage. Talk it out. Communicate. Listen. Hear. Deal with issues when they pop up. Do not go to bed angry. Ever. Be proactive. Don't wait around for problems to crop up and leaks to spring in your marriage. Stay engaged. Grow your friendship and your trust [...]
Global Divorce Trends 2009-2010
GLOBAL DIVORCE TRENDS: What are the trends that are emerging globally with respect to divorce? I thought I'd summarize what I've found so far since I've started this "global" experiment on Divorce Saloon. It is quite fascinating to me the patterns I see emerging. But just as a disclaimer, these bits of divorce information you are about to read [...]
The tipping point: Why Valentine’s Day can stress a marriage to divorce
Can Valentine's day be the tipping point for your marriage? Forbes Magazine did an article in 2008 called the "Valentine Effect." The article tried to make a correlation between Valentine's Day and the number of people who file divorces at or around Valentine's. The author interviewed lawyers across the country who each had a theory about why the [...]
Parenting plans for dummies: why it’s so important to have a plan in place when you divorce
The main reason to have a parenting plan, I think, is so that both parties are on notice that they both will play and are expected to play a parenting role in the lives of their children. Prior to this slow transition to mandating parenting plans in some states (like Georgia) custody battles have all been about which parent will have the power in [...]
Alcoholism & Divorce: When the bottle usurps your love for your spouse
ALCOHOLISM AND DIVORCE: When the bottle usurps your love for your spouse. (Originally published December 25, 2009) This past Christmas arrest of Charlie Sheen and his wife Brooke Mueller's alleged recanting of her allegations that he threatened her physically, influenced our pulling this one out of draft. Why? Well at the bottom of the [...]
Divorce and Child abduction: How to guard against international child abductions
HOW TO GUARD AGAINST INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION After a divorce, many foreign born exes head back to where they came from originally. That is usually not a problem. It becomes a problem when the ex, who is also parent to children they had with you, decide to take little Johnny and Proserpina along for the ride - without your knowledge and [...]
Cash settlements and tax: alimony vs. property settlement
ARE CASH SETTLEMENTS SUBJECT TO TAX? Good question. I think the answer to that is that it depends on how it is classified: alimony or property settlement. If it is alimony it is taxable to the recipient and tax deductible by the payor. If it is a property settlement it is not taxable or deductible. How can you know if you have alimony which is [...]
Handwriting analysis & divorce: can you predict your odds of divorce based on your handwriting?
HANDWRITING ANALYSIS AND DIVORCE "One of the most profound uses of handwriting analysis is the art of compatibility analysis. I say “art” because even though predicting the personality is based on solid psychological principles, the ability to combine those two personalities and predict how these to humans will interact takes years of [...]
Retainer agreements and your divorce: A primer
RETAINER AGREEMENTS AND HOW THEY WORK IN DIVORCE ACTIONS When you get divorced, more than likely state law will require that you and your attorney sign a "retainer agreement." So before you head off to court and give your witty sound bites to the news reporters lurking on the court house steps, ask yourself, what is the retainer agreement and [...]
TEXT MESSAGES are the “new lipstick on the collar” don’t send them if you don’t want a divorce!
TEXTING AND DIVORCE The New York Times and ABC news had some information today about text messages and divorce. Obviously, we tackled that subject months back and you can read our post here: http://www.divorcesaloon.com/text-messages-emails-facebook-and-youtube-can-lead-to-divorce But we also did a number of related posts about how technology in [...]
Can the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test save your broken marriage?
Can a test help you avoid divorce? The New York Times had a lengthy article today by freelancer Elizabeth Weil called, Married (Happily) With Issues. I was happily reading the piece when my attention was arrested by this statement by Weil: I turned to the standard assessments. The Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test instructs spouses, among [...]
Best DIVORCE INFORMATION websites and resources on the Internet
www.divorcesaloon.com, is a global divorce blog/website. Divorce Saloon's cutting edge approach to niche blogging brings you divorce news, divorce information, divorce FAQ's, divorce gossip, and divorce case law, among other information that pertains to divorce. A significant portion of the site's posts cover divorce stories of CEO's, [...]
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