Property division is a heated issue in many divorces. One particularly complex area of property division involves inherited funds. Whether or not you must split your inheritance with your spouse depends upon whether you live in a common law state or a community property state. This 549-word article discusses how both common law and community property states treat inherited assets in a divorce.

Why spend an enormous amount of time reading lengthy books when you can get exactly what you are looking for in one concise article? This article is primarily directed towards teens and adults who have lived in a household where divorce has occurred. The content within this article provides a 5 step process for getting over any emotional challenges individuals may still be experiencing and will help them to use this process to live a freer life.

Not every marriage is a “happily ever after” union. Unfortunately, the high costs associated with divorce leave some couples feeling as if they have no option but to remain unhappily married. While a cheap divorce may not be possible, a cheaper divorce almost always is. This 568-word article highlights cost-cutting strategies divorcing couples can employ that allow them to separate their lives without walking away penniless.

Divorce lawyers who love to be hated are usually a poor choice for anyone who wants to achieve a fair settlement in their case without destroying both family and fortune in the process. Yet many people are under the misconception that, when it comes to divorce lawyers, aggressiveness equals competence. This article explains why this is not so and offers the reader advice on how to come away whole from the painful process of divorce.

Divorce is hard on everybody in the family. Women who get divorced in mid-life are often devastated emotionally when the marriage ends, even if the marriage was a bad one. It is important for women to reach out to others for help and companionship after a divorce in order to begin the healing process.

Across the country, state judicial systems are instituting pro se assistance programs to help people assemble, fill out, and process the forms necessary to get divorced. Too often, people deciding whether to hire a lawyer or go it alone assume that pro se assistants take the place of lawyers. This article explains the difference and highlights the role of the lawyer in divorce. It also provides a useful checklist for issues that should be addressed in a divorce with or without a lawyer´s assistance.