Same – Sex Couples & Divorce

Same-sex couples continue to feel the long-term effects that are still being caused by a bitter fight over marriage equality throughout the last decade or so. Now, instead of facing extra hurdles to tie the knot, same-sex couples may face a few unique issues when...

Are parents in a same-sex union entitled to the same rights as parents in heterosexual marriages? Do they also have the same obligations? Those are two questions that the states are grappling with ever since the Supreme Court's historic ruling making same-sex marriage...

Social researchers spend a lot of time studying how people behave and the relationships that they form. While social scientists can't guarantee wedded bliss or a disastrous divorce, they have been able to detect the patterns that indicate which couples are more likely...

Guess what? Divorce rates are generally falling, not rising. As a matter of fact, the whole idea that your marriage only had a 50/50 shot of survival was a little overblown from the start. While it is true that divorce rates hit an all-time high of about 40 percent...

Spousal support (alimony) is often a touchy subject these days because many people see it as part of a bygone era when men worked outside of the home and married women had little resources for themselves. That makes it an even touchier subject, emotionally, for...

Until recently, marriage in the same-sex community has never been something easily obtainable -- which puts a peculiar pressure on those within same-sex marriages to stay married -- even when they're deeply unhappy. The likelihood that same-sex couples were going to...

If you had a same-sex domestic partnership and then a legal marriage, ending your legal relationship to your spouse is twice as problematic as it is for heterosexual couples. If you're lucky, however, you may be able to qualify to end both your marriage and your...

The Supreme Court's landmark decision in 2015 finally resolved the issue of same-sex marriages and made them a reality throughout the nation. With that happy reality, there also comes a correspondingly sad one: same-sex divorces. If you are contemplating a divorce...

Like heterosexual couples, same-sex couples do not go into a marriage thinking that it will one day end. Unfortunately, the reality is that same-sex marriages end just as other marriages do. When divorce enters the picture, these couples often have just as many...