Divorce

Even if Ohio couples believe their marriages are strong, divorce unfortunately happens far more frequently than most people like. It is important that every person makes financial planning and learning financial skills a focus from the beginning of a marriage. Doing...

In recent years, some analysts have tried to downplay the common belief that half of marriages lead to divorce. While divorce rates have declined since their peak in the 1980s, one recent study concluded that 52.7 of marriages end in a divorce. This is mostly because...

People who get a divorce in Ohio are subject to state-specific laws that may be quite different from the divorce laws in other states. Because federal laws do not regulate divorces, every state has its own way of letting married couples part ways. The time it takes to...

More people in Ohio are getting divorced in their golden years than ever before. The increasing rate of divorce among people over the age of 50 has created the need to divide a lot of retirement plans. Because retirement plans involve many different asset types that...

The end of a marriage can be hard, but social media may be making the process even more difficult for some Ohio residents. Along with the fact that social media activity may result in emotional pain, people may discover the hard way that what is posted on the Internet...

There can be many reasons why a married couple might decide to end their relationship. Domestic violence, infidelity and other issues can strain a relationship and lead to the decision to terminate the marriage through a divorce. For Ohio couples, ending the marital...

Despite all the work researchers do studying divorce in the U.S., there are still a lot of myths the public continues to believe. Perhaps the most famous bit of misinformation has to do with the country’s divorce rate. You still hear regularly that half of U.S....

Family law has changed rapidly in the U.S. in the past few years. As more and more states legalized same-sex marriage, a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ended bans in the rest of the states. It appears that this change is supported by a growing share of the general public,...

Though it is unusual, sometimes formerly married people decide to give it another shot. As time goes on, conflicts that once seemed so important may not matter as much. Or perhaps the exes have worked on themselves and solved the issues that caused the divorce. Or...

Though the general concept of divorce exists virtually everywhere on Earth, different cultures and countries have versions that are quite different from what we use here in Ohio. For one thing, in many countries women lack the right to ask for divorce in many cases,...