Today, family lawyers are confronting issues involving pre-separation dissipation, even though many divorce statutes contain little or no guidance on whether assets dissipated or misappropriated prior ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Patricia writes about family law and tips for female lawyers. You should not quit your job to avoid paying alimony, maintenance or ...

Divorce, once shrouded by shame and the tarnishing of one’s social reputation, has undergone a drastic makeover in the past four decades. Marriage, in turn, is no longer emblematic of a shiny, ...

When you are separated or getting divorced, the last thing you probably want is to continue living with your estranged wife. If you owned your home before marriage and don't believe it qualifies as ...

Divorce has seen a significant decline since the early 1980s, according to analysis by the Pew Research Center. The refined divorce rate peaked at 22.6 divorces per 1,000 married women around 1980, ...