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Child Support After Death: 6 Tips for Providing for the Kids If Your Ex Dies
You can’t help it. It’s not that you are wishing evil upon your spouse while you are going through a divorce (okay, so maybe you are!). But you can’t help...
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Understanding Your Divorce Decree … and Why It Matters!
If you're going through a divorce, you know you need a divorce decree (a/k/a "divorce judgment"). You know it's an important document. But there are so many documents involved in...
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Divorce Sucks! Here’s How You Can Make It Less Awful
Divorce sucks. Losing half the time with your kids, as well as half of everything you own, sucks. Losing your home, a lot of your friends, and often a big...
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Why You Need a Good Parenting Plan and How to Make One
You’re getting divorced and you have kids. You know that you are going to need to make some sort of a parenting plan with your soon-to-be-ex. But you have no...
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Surviving Infidelity – Practical Steps To Heal the Hurt and Move On
Surviving infidelity. You never thought those words would apply to you. When you first find out that your spouse has been having an affair, “survival” in any sense of the...
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The Top 10 Best Divorce Blog Posts of 2018
Whether you’re looking for good divorce advice, preparing for mediation, or trying to reconcile with your ex, I’ve got you covered. I’ve combed through every blog post I wrote in...
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Creating Your New Life After Divorce: 10 Tips for Starting Over
Your divorce is over. You’ve separated your finances and divided the furniture. You are officially done with lawyers and judges and the whole divorce system. You know that it’s time...
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Divorce Announcements: How to Tell People You’re Getting a Divorce
You’re staring at the blank computer screen, unsure of what you should do. Is sending an email too cold? Maybe. But the thought of telling everyone you know you’re getting...
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64 Simple Ways to Save Money After Divorce
Let’s face it: After you’ve been through a divorce, money is tight! Not only do you have to live on less income, but, if you're like most people, your expenses...
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How to Tell Your Kids About Divorce: 7 Tips You Need to Know
Do you remember where you were on 9/11? If you’re an American who is old enough to remember 2001, the answer is: Yes! Why? Because watching rogue airplanes crash through...
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The Ultimate List of Divorce Support Groups and Why You Need One!
You probably never expected that someday you would be scouring the internet looking for divorce support groups. Not only did you believe that your marriage was going to last forever,...
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Divorce Statistics: 30 Surprising Divorce Facts You May Not Know
Divorce statistics are fascinating. You can find data that will supposedly tell you how likely you are to get divorced based on where you live, what you do, and what...