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On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Divorce on Tuesday, March 31, 2015. For many Americans, marriage and home ownership go hand in hand. You meet the person you want to spend your life with, you buy a home together and you start a family. Unfortunately, we all know that this isn’t always how things turn out. If you are in the midst of divorce or are preparing for one, what to do with the marital residence is likely one of your biggest concerns. Should you fight to keep it? Turn it over to your spouse? Sell it and split the assets? This is

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Divorce on Thursday, March 26, 2015. Earlier this week, we began a discussion about financial clues that could indicate a spouse’s intention to divorce. In too many instances, one spouse in a marriage begins planning the divorce in complete secrecy, only “dropping the bomb” when they have finished making their own preparations. According to divorce financial planner Lili A. Vasileff, certain changes in your spouse’s financial behavior and attitudes could be signs that he or she is secretly planning for divorce. In addition to some of the behaviors we mentioned in our first post, your

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Divorce on Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Are you headed for divorce? If you have plans to get a divorce, the answer is obviously “yes.” But if you don’t, you may still feel uneasy about the marriage without knowing why. Your spouse’s behaviors and attitudes seem to be changing, but to what end? In cases where one spouse initiates the divorce rather suddenly, the other spouse is often left feeling blindsided. In hindsight, however, they are able to interpret signs they had previously overlooked or dismissed. The telltale signs can be behavioral, emotional, financial or some combination of

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Divorce on Thursday, March 19, 2015. There is seemingly no end to the stereotypes related to the differences between men and women. There is even an entire catalogue of relationship self-help books based on the premise that men and women are fundamentally different. These stereotypes and generalizations usually contain at least a kernel of truth but cannot be considered universally accurate. That being said, the results of a recent study suggest that there is some truth to certain gender stereotypes about caregiving. The study examined how one spouse’s long-term illness affected the divorce risk of couples ages

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Divorce on Tuesday, March 17, 2015. When couples with children decide that they need to get a divorce, one of the biggest and most common worries they may have is how the divorce will impact their kids. And no matter what the child’s age, divorce will impact him or her in some way. As we have discussed in previous posts, staying together “for the kids” is a noble idea, but one that may end up doing more harm than good. This is, in part, because growing up in a home with constant tension and arguing