Good parents wait to have children until they are prepared to deal with the pressure on money, time and energy that even one kid can create. Many experts argue it is even harder to raise children on one's own or after a divorce. This is partially because children...
Do you happen to have a spare $29,858 lying around? That's the new average cost of a wedding in America today -- and that price tag may cost couples in ways that go beyond mere monetary value.Nationally, the average cost for a wedding does tend to vary greatly so your...
When same-sex couples finally gained marriage equality in 2015 thanks to the Supreme Court's Obergefell vs Hodges decision, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community rejoiced. Marriage was finally their legal right! Unfortunately, "happy ever...
Are you a grandparent hoping to obtain legal visitation rights to your grandchild in California? Ultimately, it's possible -- even if your relationship with your grandchild's parents is rocky. However, it isn't necessarily a simple or easy process. The conditions that...
There are two unofficial "divorce seasons" every year -- one in March and one in August. Those are the peak months for new clients to make their way to a divorce attorney's office for the first time. Since we're getting closer to the second divorce season of the year,...
Adele's heartfelt music has brought a lot of joy to her fans -- but nobody's life is perfect. Because she and her husband seemed like a happy couple, the news of their divorce created a storm of media stories.So did the news that the couple didn't have a prenuptial...
Ask any divorce attorney and they can tell you that some issues involving a divorce can drag on for years when one or both parties refuse to be cooperative. However, a 74-year-old California woman may have set the record for post-divorce tenacity when she finally won...
If you've been accused of domestic violence, you may be in danger of losing your right to possess a firearm -- for the rest of your life.Effective Jan. 1, 2019, California now imposes a lifetime ban on firearm possession on anyone who is convicted of willfully...
How can the daughter of two American citizens be denied citizenship in the United States? Easily. All it takes is for the parents to be a married same-sex couple, one born in America and one born in Britain to an American mother. Because their child was conceived...
Parental alienation is a form of child abuse -- although many people don't think of it as such. Certainly, the parents who participate in the type of mental and emotional manipulation that drives a wedge between their children and their children's other parents likely...