Even though child custody is legally gender-neutral and more fathers than ever are raising children as single dads after a divorce, men are still battling old stereotypes and suspected of being less qualified parents than their female counterparts.A father who takes...
There seems to be a countless number of divorced or separated couples who have battled over custody of their children. It's natural for parents to try to maintain the bond they have with their sons and daughters as a family breaks apart. But few reach the level of a...
Some children have close relationships with their grandparents. Others live across the country, and it's a special treat to see them at holidays. Still others, in a much smaller group, are raised by their grandparents.When grandparents get custody of their...
There seems to be a growing problem regarding child support. In today's lagging economy, more people are struggling financially, including non-custodial parents. When budgets get tighter, child support payments become a lower priority. Other times, the failure to pay...
At the end of the year, it's easy to look back at what got people talking. There were a number of interesting divorce-related studies released in 2011, and the Huffington Post takes a look at some of the more surprising ones. As you read, ask yourself which are most...
In almost every divorce exist some arguments -- who should get the house or how much time the children should get with each parent, for example. Rarely, however, is there a dispute over whether the husband is a man or a woman. But that's the central issue in a current...
A generation ago, the portrait of a divorced father was radically different. He had less custody of his children and fewer rights. Judges typically -- even automatically -- sent the children of divorcing couples to live with the mother, assuming that she was the...
When two people decide to get married, it's a big step. Typically, finances are combined and two incomes become one. Essentially, two lives are fused. But when a marriage ends, complications can arise.That's why people enter into premarital agreements. But it's...
Paternity and child support lawsuits abound in family law. Hollywood gossip has made us all too familiar with cases in which a woman sues an old flame -- or a celebrity she's never met -- to get financial support for children he didn't know he had. But a recent case...
Mere days after Demi Moore announced that she planned to divorce Ashton Kutcher, people are already speculating how they will divide their shared $290 fortune.Moore, 49, was one of the highest-paid actresses of the 1990s, and Kutcher, 33, is seeing his own earnings...