Lifestyle

Idaho Passes Child Support Measure After All
June 6, 2015
You may remember the post we had about the Hague agreement and how Idaho may stop that treaty in its tracks. The agreement was to standardize how child support was handled for people in foreign countries. Critics were afraid that people in foreign countries might override the rights of Idahoans. ...

So-Called Taxi King Ordered to Pay $25,000 per month in Child Support
June 5, 2015
The “taxi king” of New York has been ordered to pay $25,000 a month in child support and must undergo drug testing if he wishes to visit his daughter, a court ruled recently. The man is called the taxi king because he owns more taxi medallions than anyone else in the city. He has been estranged ...

California Initiative Started to Eliminate Spousal Maintenance in that State
June 1, 2015
A California software consultant has taken an unusual step to fight his alimony (spousal maintenance) payments. He has written an initiative to end alimony altogether in the State of California, and has received permission from the Secretary of State to start gathering signatures per California l...

The Story of a Buddhist Nun’s Divorce
May 24, 2015
Divorce can happen to anyone. Sometimes it can be seen from a mile away. Other times, it's unexpected. The best thing that anyone can do after a divorce is learn what they can from it and move on. One extraordinary woman says that her second divorce taught her some of the most important lessons o...

Facebook Blamed for Divorce
May 19, 2015
Earlier in the week, we wrote about a UK study that showed that social media was a growing cause for marital strife and divorces. Now a woman in Chicago is saying that Facebook ruined her marriage, and she's not the only one. She told a local news station that she was a Facebook addict and that ...

UK Survey Shows the Damage Social Media has on Relationships
May 17, 2015
Social media has added an entirely different spin on divorce proceedings. Social media can reveal a lot of information that a partner doesn't want revealed. Worse, many of the entries are public. Spouses have caught their partners cheating through looking at Facebook histories. In the UK, a surv...

Elise Buie Family Law | Marriage Equality Reaches the US Supreme Court
May 12, 2015
Currently, couples have the ability to marry regardless of biological sex in 36 states. The potential impact of a ruling by the Supreme Court would be to normalize the access to legal rights across all states.

Elise Buie Family Law | Changes Proposed to Custody Laws
April 22, 2015
About 20 states across the US are currently considering proposed legislation that would alter the procedures for determining which parent will retain legal and physical control of a child following a divorce or separation.

Elise Buie Family Law | Serving Divorce Papers Through Facebook
April 16, 2015
Our society is becoming increasingly more mobile, which despite the many advantages, can also have distinct disadvantages for serving process.

A Must Read for all parents considering Divorce: The Co-Parent’s Handbook by Karen Bonnell and Kristin Little
April 5, 2015
The Co-Parent's Handbook - Karen Bonnell and Kristin Little