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Does Living Together First Increase a Couple’s Divorce Risk?
In the past five decades, the number of couples living together without a marriage license has increased by 900 percent. In 2012, there were almost eight million couples living together, compared to just under three million in 1996. A recent studyhas concluded that living together before marriage – at least after reaching the age of 23 years old – may not the high-risk divorce factor that many peopleContinue reading
Does Living Together First Increase a Couple’s Divorce Risk?
In the past five decades, the number of couples living together without a marriage license has increased by 900 percent. In 2012, there were almost eight million couples living together, compared to just under three million in 1996. A recent studyhas concluded that living together before marriage – at least after reaching the age of 23 years old – may not the high-risk divorce factor that many peopleContinue reading
Steps to Financially Prepare for Divorce
The beginning months of every year have been historically the most popular months to file for divorce. Whether you are the person who has made the legal move to end your marriage–or your spouse has–there are several steps you should take to avoid making costly financial mistakes. Who Handles the Money in Your Marriage? It is quite common in many marriages for one spouse to be theContinue reading
Will Your Marriage Beat the Odds?
Many people who are going through a divorce have a lot of “if only” statements–if only I did this differently, if only my spouse did more of this. The search to find the reason why the marriage did not work out is a common one, however, the answer of why is often a hard one to find. However, there are several signs that may indicate that the marriage wasContinue reading
Divorce Predictor Behaviors: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
According to marriage researchers, there are four behaviorsthat can predict a marriage will, in all certainty, end in divorce. A collaboration between psychologists from the University of Washington and University of California-Berkeley came up with a system that predicted divorce in 93 percent of the marriages they examined. The researchers used data from 79 married couples who participated in a 14 year study. Twenty-one of those couples divorced duringContinue reading
Child Support Obligations under Illinois Law
If you are going through a divorce in Illinois and have children, one of the most important issues you will have to negotiate with your spouse is who will get custody of the children. This factor can also determine which parent will be paying child support. In many child custody cases, the non-custodial parent (payor) is ordered to pay the custodial parent (payee) child support payments.Continue reading