92% of parents who are involved pay child support. Are you involved? Do you pay? Do you want to be an involved parent? Do you wish your ex was involved? Here are the top 5 ways to keep each other … Read More
Divorce and Separation
Why January Is Known As Divorce Season
We’ve had our fill of hot chocolate, holiday songs and Christmas decorations. But there’s something else that many have had their fill of during the holiday season: their marriage. Which leads to January being known as divorce season. It’s an unfortunate … Read More
5 More Questions About Child Support
We tend to get more than 5 questions about child support that we hear often, so we thought we’d do another edition to help better answer all the questions we’re receiving. Again, this was a problem that motivated our founder … Read More
A Brief Overview of Child Support Laws
It may come as a surprise to many, but child support laws are not a new phenomenon in the United States. Since the very founding of our nation, child support laws were baked into constitutional and colonial laws. It was … Read More
What happens After the child support order?
Your divorce is processed and you have a child expenses order or agreement. The hardest part of your divorce process is over and you are ready to move on with your life. Or so you think! Managing your child support The … Read More
Top 4 Things You Missed When Calculating Child Support
When it comes to getting divorced or ending a relationship with the parent of your child there is a lot going on. From getting used to a new living situation to dividing assets most of the time, energy and effort goes … Read More
The Top 4 Tips for Children Flying Alone
I wrote this post a few weeks ago and we got so much great feedback I decided to write a follow up with some of my best tips. Here is part one and read on for part two. With summer vacation coming to an end, … Read More
Co-parenting Best Practices
The irony is pretty thick here. The relationship didn’t work. Maybe you could never communicate well. You have children and you are now co-parenting after a divorce. The two things that make co-parenting a success are good communication and cooperation. … Read More
Best Ways to Calculate Child Support
The last thing you are probably thinking about in the midst of divorce and splitting with your spouse, is how much you will have to pay each month in child support. Once everything is finalized and the reality sets in, … Read More
6 Co-Parenting Tips for Summer Planning
Maybe this is your first summer that the kids will have to split their time. Maybe you have been doing this awhile, but kids’ lives and schedules change, and you feel there is a need to adjust the visitation this … Read More
Easiest Way to Pay Child Support
Everything costs money! I remember when my mom used to tell me that money doesn’t grow on trees. Now I know why I heard that all the time. I feel like saying that to my own child (ok, maybe I … Read More
Tips on How to Find A Lawyer
Where do you go for answers to all of the questions that come up during and after a divorce? Who’s responsibility is THAT? Which one of us is supposed to do this? What do I do in that crazy situation? … Read More
Taxes and good Habits
With tax season fast approaching I wanted to make it easier for you to streamline your documents and file. I wrote a few posts about taxes here, and here, and also wanted to encourage you to start a habit. Taxes and good habits … Read More
Who pays for what? Paying parent and receiving parent.
There are two sides to every coin, and the co-parenting coin is a tough one to flip. Splitting up is hard enough without having to decide who pays for what. One parent is usually the paying parent, giving money to … Read More
The Bright Side of Divorce
It isn’t easy being from a divorced home. Parents split. Lives are changed. Kids are shuffled around. Things are never the same. But it doesn’t have to be all bad. I wrote this post a while back about the before part of … Read More