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Ending a marriage can be an emotionally challenging experience regardless of the circumstances, but knowing the legal options can help. In Ohio, spouses can legally end a marriage through a divorce or a dissolution. While both processes involve signing a separation...
When you get divorced, it not only impacts you and your former spouse, but it also impacts your children as well. In some ways, this change may even be more significant for them. Because of this, it is important to plan your future carefully. Part of this planning...
Custody mediation is an alternative way for parents to determine a parenting plan. Rather than leave it up to the courts, a mediator meets with both parties and works with them to create an amicable arrangement. Mediation is preferable to contested divorces for many...
Property division is often one of the most controversial aspects of divorce. In many cases, it is difficult to ascertain who has the right to what. Distribution is further complicated by the existence of high asset possessions, such as houses. One example of a...
Finding ways to push through the pain and stress associated with divorce can be difficult for anyone, but for separated couples with children, it is even more important to find a way forward. Creating a parenting plan that fosters healthy co-parenting and focuses on...
If you are facing divorce and have one or more retirement or investment accounts, you may have concerns about what will happen to these assets. Like many, you may assume that the court will not divide accounts that are in your name. However, in Ohio, retirement...
In the 20 years between 1990 and 2010 the gray divorce rate—meaning divorces of spouses who are 50 and older—doubled in Ohio. Another way to say that is, as Baby Boomers became seniors, the percentage of them ending their long-term marriages increased dramatically....
Using an alternative dispute resolution method, like mediation, to settle on terms of a divorce is a viable option for many couples. What is a mediation and how long does the process take? Mediation explained Divorce mediation allows couples to forego court hearings...
Going through a divorce is rarely easy on anyone. If you have young ones in your family, though, the end of your marriage may have catastrophic emotional and psychological consequences. Specifically, your children may experience anger, depression, sadness or even a...
People who are receiving or paying spousal support should be aware of what events may result in an end of payments. In addition, people who are entering into divorce mediation may benefit from getting a sense of how the law treats this issue in order to make...
