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Up until that point they imagined their attention to quality, or their friendly manner, would prevent things from getting legal.
The Harvey Weinstein case has called into question the justice of nondisclosure agreements, which affect people not just in Hollywood, but in Ohio as well.
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New U.S Census data reveals that the career choice most likely to lead to divorce is front-line military supervisors - those who lead enlisted soldiers into war.
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Negotiating a divorce settlement usually involves dealing with delicate issues such as property division and spousal support, but even spouses in Ohio and around the country who become heated during these discussions are often able to look beyond their differences when the issues of child custody and visitation arrangements come up. Parents generally want their children to be happy and thrive, and this outcome becomes more likely when divorcing parents are able to tolerate minor failings and frustrations and accept that their former spouses are acting with the best of intentions.
A great deal of research has been conducted into the traumatic impact that a divorce can have on children, and most experts now agree that co-parenting child custody solutions should be pursued whenever possible. When both parents lay down similar rules and expectations are consistent, children know where they stand and are less likely to be manipulative or take sides.
More people in Ohio and throughout the country file for divorce in January than at other times of the year. Many people wait to file for divorce until after the holidays are over, but before they do, it is important for them to consider several things so that they can avoid some common mistakes.
According to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, divorce filings increase by about 25 to 30 percent every year in January. People may file because of the emotional and financial stress that is involved with the holidays. They might want to wait to make certain that getting divorced is really what they want to do. It is also important for people to not file for divorce solely because they are angry. Instead, it is important for them to consider the reasons that they are thinking about divorcing and to make certain that the reasons are logical ones rather than emotional reactions.
Unlike some other states, Ohio does not consider incarceration "voluntary unemployment" and deny inmates the right to file for a child support modification on those grounds. On Dec. 19, the Obama administration issued regulations that will require all states to allow this modification.
The regulations are part of the administration's overall prison reform efforts. One of the issues with not allowing prisoners to reduce their child support obligations is that the result is often not payment by but reincarceration of the parent due to child support debts. In 2010, the Obama administration found that federal inmates owed an average of almost $24,000 in child support payments. Of the 51,000 who had child support obligations, over half had fallen behind.
For many older Ohio couples, getting a divorce later in life is becoming more common. There are many reasons this might occur. For example, the kids may have left the home and the couple realizes they are no longer in love with each other. Irreconcilable differences can drive couples apart even if they have been married for decades. Additionally, getting a divorce has become much more acceptable than it was a decade or two ago.
If a couple who has been married for decades decides to split, understanding the state of their finances is of the most importance. If the former couple was living on just one income, that income must now be stretched for two separate households. Each person may have to sell some marital property, including the family home. Under some circumstances, they may also be able to piggyback off of their former partner's Social Security earnings history when it comes to drawing benefits.
Many Ohio divorced couples with young children are able to co-parent after working out a schedule that works for everyone involved. If one such parent decides to move to another town the parenting arrangements can get a lot more complicated. The schedule usually must be changed to accommodate one parent's move, and these changes could cause the other to get resentful.
Custodial parents may decide to move to a different town because they got a new job or met a new love interest. Whatever the reason for the move, it could result in a longer school commute time for the childs. Because of the extra drive time between homes, the noncustodial parent may end up having less time with their child due to schedule modifications. There are also many cases where the parent who stayed refuses to drive their child all the way to the other parent's new home.
Many Ohio parents are raising their children alone. While a majority of absent parents do pay support for their children, a sizable minority do not. The problem is prevalent both in the state as well as in the rest of the country, and it has worsened over time.
Today, 40 percent of children are born to parents who are not married. By contrast, a third of children who were born in 2000 were born to unmarried parents. Parents who are single are less likely to have good incomes, and their children are three times as likely to be poor than are their peers.
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