The Great Divorce

David Popenoe and Barbara Dafoe Whitehead’s article “The State of our Unions” discusses data on marriage and divorce. It suggests that there is a cultural shift happening in America by using this information for support. In the data driven article, Popenoe and Whitehead claim that marriage rates are declining and, despite divorce rates being quite high, they are also on a steady decline. Alternatively, more people are participating in unmarried cohabitation before and in place of marriage.…

the concepts of sole custody and joint custody are also not recognized. Instead, "sole custody" is known as "majority time-sharing" and "joint custody" is "equal time-sharing". How is the Time-Sharing Agreement Decided? When a couple files for divorce or a parent files a…

The deportation of mother when I was younger forced me to grow faster. She was deported when I was in second grade because she was an illegal immigrant and left my father to take care of my brother and I. Since my dad had to work more, I had to work faster and help raise my brother. It was heartbreaking to be separated from my mother at such a young age, but I did what I had to keep the family. Focusing on school and making my brother was well taken care of became my main priorities. Due to the…

Ignoring this type of situation can end up being a big mistake. It can actually cost you a lot of money and cause a lot of heartache at a later date. That’s why it’s best to address the situation in a timely manner with the help of an experienced divorce lawyer. For specifics regarding obtaining a child support modification in your situation, contact your attorney, but there are a few general concepts…

There were many challenges facing New York women in the early 1900’s. New York City had largest percentage of female workers than most of upstate industrial cities. Most single but some married worked in factories or in their cramped tenement apartments. In their tenements they would make boxes, artificial flowers and clothing. There was a greater tendency for Jewish woman to work for wages because it was reflected in their experiences in east European shtetls, which is where many women had…

1) Personal Success Blueprint We all have a blueprint that decides how we handle our life. It's deeply ingrained in our subconscious and unconscious and it determines your life destiny. It comes from our past programming—things we conditioned or programmed by in childhood. A few days after I got my first doctorate (more than 23 years ago), I woke up in the middle of the night screaming in panic, thinking to myself, “I need to get another doctorate”. That was the point when I realized I had a…

Securing a permanent and supportive family home has been associated with positive outcomes for foster care children (Barth, Crea, John, Thoburn, & Quinton, 2005; Triseliotis, 2000; Triselitotis, 2002), yet, the elevated occurrence of chronic emotional-behavioral problems among this population of children can alienate family members, destabilize family units, and result in up to 25% of adoptions being legally dissolved, often referred to as disrupted (Dorsey, Conover, & Revillion-Cox, 2014;…

filed for divorce wants to withdraw their petition for divorce. If you're the spouse that did not file for divorce, you might not be able to stop the process. You can contest the divorce, but most courts will not force the filing spouse to remain married. The Timing of the Process If you wish to stop the divorce proceedings, you'll need to consider the timing of your request. If there's been no judgement from the court, the parties can stop the process. It's easier to stop the divorce when…

Why A Custody Order Could be Modified Do you have a custody order that is not working for you as well as it could? If so, consider having a family court make modifications to it. Even when parents still have a good relationship after a divorce, making formal modifications to a custody order is the ideal thing to do. Here is why you may be looking to modify your custody order. A Parent Is Moving Custody arrangements often depend on where each parent lives in relation to each other. When the…

In Jamaican households alone, 78% of families are matri-focal where the mother or grandmother is the head of the household. Barrow (1996) further stated that absentee fathers and the single mother is a by-product of slavery where the man struggles to exist, and the matriarch is forced to be the backbone of the family. Fathers are usually absent because they are in prison, dead due to higher level of violence, or they do not care. Fathers are also absent when they leave home for work; this can be…