Divorce

An engagement ring can be a major financial investment. Some people even take out a loan that they have to pay back for months or years to be able to afford one. They could invest thousands of dollars in it, and, especially if they are young, it may be one of the most...

When people get engaged and then say their wedding vows, they typically sincerely intend to follow through on the promises that they’ve make to each other. However, changes in either spouse or in the relationship they share could eventually make the idea of spending a...

Divorcing when you have a child in their teens can be easier in some ways than having a younger child. Learning to co-parenting a teen, however, means grappling with more than some particularly challenging realities. One of them is helping your child learn to drive....

Getting married often means sharing everything from housing and children to financial responsibility with a spouse. Unfortunately, some people eventually come to regret their decision to combine their finances with those of another person. When couples divorce, they...

When your marriage is ending, money becomes a very big issue. It takes money to start over and money to live – and there seldom seems to be enough to go around. Money becomes an even bigger issue, however, when one spouse is less economically stable or affluent than...

Sharing custody in Massachusetts often means compromising. Everything from when parents schedule their vacations to whether they can pick up overtime at work may depend on their parenting schedule and their relationship with their co-parent. Occasionally, parents who...

A few decades ago, there wasn't a special term for divorces among those close to or past the age of retirement. However, they have become so common that now there are multiple terms used to describe these later-in-life divorces. A gray divorce or silver splitter...

People say that home is where the heart is, but for many married couples in Massachusetts, it is also where most of the marital wealth resides. You and your spouse have probably made mortgage payments for years, if not decades, during your marriage. The more you have...

There are all kinds of issues that may arise during your marriage, but most of them won’t be serious enough to have the potential to lead to a divorce. That said, there are some signs that your marriage is headed for rocky times and that a divorce might be in your...

At the start of each new year, there are often many divorces. People want to have a fresh start, so it makes sense that January, and the months of late winter and early spring, are filled with people looking to divorce. Since the 1990s, divorce rates in Massachusetts...