Putting Your Children First: Exploring Parenting Plan Options for Divorcing Parents Divorce is challenging, especially for children caught in the middle. As parents, it's our responsibility to prioritize our children's needs and well-being during and after a divorce. The parenting plan is a crucial aspect of divorce that can impact children's...
Post-Divorce New Year's Resolutions for a Great 2023 New Year's resolutions like eating healthier, exercising more, stopping smoking, and saving money are at the top of the list as some of the most common in the country. However, healing and recovering can monopolize your time when you've recently gone through a...
Deciding to get a divorce is a deeply personal decision that only you can make. There is no one-size-fits-all answer to this question, as every individual and every marriage is unique. However, some common indicators that a person may be thinking about getting divorced include the following: The marriage has...
Each year, nearly 2.8 million men and women go through Divorce. In the first year after the Divorce is final, a wife’s standard of living may drop almost 27 percent. Compare that to her husband’s standard of living—it may increase by as much as 10 percent! In the nearly 20...
Each year, nearly 2.8 million men and women go through Divorce. In the first year after the Divorce is final, a wife’s standard of living may drop almost 27 percent. Compare that to her husband’s standard of living—it may increase by as much as 10 percent! It’s hardly surprising that...
If you’re planning a divorce in 2022, you’ve got lots of company. Few couples want to disrupt the family’s holidays with Divorce matters, and statistics show that Divorce rates are highest early in the year. These are things you can be doing now that will help move the process along, minimizing...
The pandemic has been hard on relationships—the stress of working from home, worrying about health and job security while homeschooling kids has pushed many relationships to the brink. Many of us start the year with a promise to improve the quality of our lives. For some couples, ending an unhealthy...
While COVID has been devastating for business, it’s also taking a toll on relationships. The stress of being together 24/7, trying to homeschool the kids while managing their own workloads can create volatile situations. In many cases, there’s additional stress when partners work in essential, high-risk jobs where they’re exposed...
Vanessa Hammer and Brendan Hammer are two divorce lawyers who fell in love and married. Both came from families who had struggled financially, which helped mold their shared values and goals. Vanessa came from a large Mexican-American family in Houston. Brendan was the only child of an Hispanic mother. When Vanessa...
Many couples considering divorce may be miserable, but they remain together because of the economic difficulties of splitting their assets and their lives. Divorce rates dropped during the recession and began to climb again when the economy improved. One of our clients and his wife had purchased a large home in...
