No one wants to be responsible for someone else's financial neglect. Unfortunately, that's what many Columbus spouses experience when they agree to share marital debt rather than make a clean financial break during divorce. You may trust a former spouse will live up...
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Include kids’ college funding in your Ohio divorce settlement
It makes sense to move through hard times as quickly as possible. For many Columbus spouses, that includes divorce. The end of a marriage often comes with emotional, physical and financial upheaval that no one wants to prolong.Attorneys don't want to make divorce more...
Protecting an Ohio business during divorce
The ultimate mixture of money and personal relationships is marriage. Couples who divorce in Ohio divide marital property according to state equitable distribution laws. Many Columbus spouses head into divorce without knowing the difference between separate and...
What Ohio spouses may not know about Social Security and divorce
Government benefits probably don't worry you right now, if Social Security only means an identification number and a paycheck deduction. The impact of Social Security hits harder as retirement nears, when a person becomes disabled and during one other significant life...
Ohio dad stalled by lack of help in international custody case
An Ohio parent involved in an international custody disagreement can be tested to the limit before the case is resolved. Add to that the loss and pain of separation a parent feels after a child is secretly relocated to a foreign country.Suddenly, all hopes of...
Resolution of Ohio High Asset divorces can take years
Some married couples have such great wealth that a divorce is more like a separation of sovereign states than a division of property. Separate and marital property can be so complex with High Asset divorces in Ohio that formal and final separations take...
The peak of the Ohio divorce season
Once the bustle of the big holidays is over, Columbus settles in to several months of cold weather. Matrimonial attorneys routinely report a upswing in divorce clients just after the first of the year, an uptick that lasts about three months.Researchers learned...
Rapists lose parental rights under Ohio House-passed bill
More than half the states permit men who father children through rape to petition a court for parental rights. Ohio lawmakers have crafted legislation that would "inhibit" father's rights for men with sexual battery or rape convictions. The state House recently gave...
Dealing with threats that unnerve divorcing Ohio spouses
Spouses' feelings often don't remain static during a marital breakup. The initial knowledge or announcement of divorce can be met by an emotional tsunami. The urge to threaten or exact vengeance may be among thoughts on either side of a divorce.You've probably heard...
Divorce is among resolutions made by some Ohio spouses
The start of a new year traditionally signals change. Promises are made, after short or long periods of contemplation, to make positive improvements in response to January's new, blank page. For some Columbus spouses, a New Year's vow includes plans to divorce.With...



