Divorce comes with a lot of decision-making. If the couple has children, the most important decisions revolve around child custody. If the issues are contentious, then it may be that one parent is planning on fighting for sole custody of the children. In such cases, a...
Couples who are ready to call an end to their marriages might have children they need to consider. One of the issues that divorcing Missouri couples must sort out are related to child custody. But who actually gets to make those decisions? It works in one of two ways:...
America’s most wealthy couple has decided to end their marriage. Most likely, everyone in Missouri knows who Bill Gates is. The Microsoft billionaire and his wife, Melinda, recently announced they would end their 27-year marriage and are heading for a divorce. Gates...
Children are the top priority of parents. When Missouri parents divorce, they need to iron out many issues, but one of the main ones is that of child custody. Taking the best interests of the children into account, parents must see that their children’s emotional,...
Most parents always put their children’s needs before their own -- that’s part of what it is to be a parent. So, when parents in Missouri make the decision to divorce, they must take pause to think about the best way to talk to their children. They need to explain...
More than two million children in the United States today are living with their adopted families. The process and laws surrounding adoptions in Missouri and the rest of the country have changed from decades ago when there was no way for adopted children and their...
There may be nothing more unsettling to a person’s financial situation than the end of a marriage. Missouri couples who have made the decision to divorce have many issues to sort out, one of which includes how assets and debts will play a part in individual finances...
There is so much at stake when a couple decides their marriage is no longer working and that it has come to an end. This can be especially so financially for Missouri couples embroiled in high asset divorces. Even if a couple is on solid ground when it comes to...
People don’t like to focus on their debts. But during a divorce situation, it is something soon-to-be former spouses have to discuss. Since Missouri is an equitable distribution state, each individual normally takes care of the debt incurred in his or her own name --...
Divorce can be the cause of much emotional and financial stress. Couples in Missouri facing this life-altering process, have much decision-making on their plates that can pose great challenges, but none as much so as when there are disagreements over child custody....
