Multi-State Fathers' Rights & Divorce Law Blog

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Divorce on Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Although divorce is difficult for everyone involved, we each have a choice about how we react to that difficulty. It is easy (and sometimes tempting) to become bitter and jaded after spending years in a bad marriage and then experiencing the pain of divorce. But like many of life’s trials and tribulations, divorce can actually change us for the better. When you hear someone proclaim that getting divorced was “the best thing that ever happened” to them, you might assume that they are being sarcastic (or that they truly have become

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Divorce on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. Earlier this week, we wrote about the fact that “fair” can be hard to define in a divorce settlement. Because Missouri is an equitable distribution state, many people think this means that assets will be divided in a 50-50 split, or as close to that as possible. But equitable does not necessarily mean perfectly equal. As it happens, a YouTube video related to this subject has recently been gaining international attention. It was made by a divorced man who took the idea of a 50-50 split a bit too literally. A

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Divorce on Monday, June 22, 2015. From the time that we are young children, most of us are concerned with fairness. Kids are quick to point out when they are not being treated fairly or equally compared to a sibling or friend. In many cases, this need to call out unfairness doesn’t go away as we get older (but many of us might be less likely to complain if an unfair situation benefits us). Unfortunately, what our parents often said was and is true: Life isn’t fair. Especially when it comes to something complex like