If you have kids and expect to owe child support after ending your marriage, it is important to take various factors into consideration. In addition to looking at how courts determine the amount of child support a parent owes and reviewing your financial circumstances...
PLM Family Law
Year: 2022
How do co-parents manage different parenting styles?
Whether you are in the early stages of your divorce or have reached a settlement agreement, you may have some concerns about sharing custody of your children with your ex-spouse. This is probably particularly true if you and your former husband or wife have vastly...
What role does a divorce mediator play?
Going through a divorce is difficult for everyone involved. But in some cases, the divorce itself can be easier, especially if mediation works rather than litigation. In cases of mediation, the mediator plays a crucial role. But what exactly do they do? What is their...
Can you change child support payments?
If a child support order was part of your divorce, a judge may have set the amount you pay or receive based on a variety of factors, including your income and the specific needs of your children. However, these factors are not likely to remain the same as your...
Does divorce mediation benefit your kids?
If you are intending to end your marriage, you have probably begun to brace yourself for the emotional fallout that often accompanies divorce. After all, you may experience anger, sadness, resentment, depression and many other challenging emotions. According to...
What is cryptocurrency and how does it affect your divorce?
During the property division aspect of your divorce, there are a lot of assets and many ways to choose how you divide them between you and your spouse. While savings accounts and trusts might be easy to divide equitably in North Dakota, you cannot exactly cut your...
3 tips for a successful divorce mediation
The traditional divorce litigation process is adversarial. Mediation is a form of alternative dispute resolution that helps encourage a more cordial relationship with your ex-spouse going forward. Mediation is not magic, and sometimes things do not work out the way...
What are some common adoption problems?
If you are pursuing adoption, you already know that there are many steps to the process. There are also many challenges related to adoption, which can make it hard for children to settle into the home and thrive. While you cannot avoid all problems, you can take the...
Special considerations when facing gray divorce
In 2021, Psychology Today reported that the rate of "gray divorce" has doubled since 1990. Defined as divorce among couples older than 50 by the AARP, separation later in life comes with unique challenges. Consider these factors if you are facing divorce as your...
What can you spend child support money on?
If you are like most divorced parents, you rely on your monthly child support check to keep your household financially afloat. Nevertheless, you may worry about whether you can use this money on specific expenses. FindLaw assures you that, as long as you spend child...