Hiding money (assets) during a divorce is illegal and unethical. Never the less it's more common than you think. Both men and woman alike have and continue these tactics daily. I am in no way advocating hiding assets. I am simply documenting facts to help educate and protect.

By hiding money your spouse may be trying to lower child support and alimony payments. You and your attorney must look to uncover any hidden moneys and to prove the actual amount of money that your spouse has...

You’re in the attorney’s office and you are about to sign a retainer agreement and enter into an agreement with the attorney, but do you really have a clear understanding of your agreement? Before you enter into any sort of an agreement with the attorney, you would be wise to consider the following points.

(1) Read the attorney-client agreement
(2) Purpose of the agreement
(3) Financial terms of the agreement

Read the attorney-client...

Judges tend to be more sympathetic with wives, especially mothers, and give importance to their plight while deciding the case. They take into account their financial situation and emotional troubles. In most divorce situations, women are assigned child custody by the court and the husband is directed to pay her alimony for their upkeep.

There are many reasons for this. Women and children have a very strong bond that is unmatched by any other relationship. The former...

I am often asked how long it will take to get over a narcissist.  Grieving the loss of a relationship with a narcissist is not the same as one with a healthy well-adjusted adult.  The process has many stages and can only be understood by those who have been through it.

In a typical breakup, we grieve the loss of love, the pain of saying goodbye, the sadness of something wonderful ending, broken promises and halted dreams.

When grieving a narcissist, this...

When people talk about divorce you often hear the bad side about how people suffered and what a horrible ordeal it was. However, not all divorces are this way and some often go smoothly and in the end everyone is satisfied with how things to turned out. It is important to keep in mind that when you hear the horrible divorce stories. There are a number of good ones that you just don't hear as often. People often like to talk and think about the bad things that happen instead of the...

Regardless of the type of divorce process you choose to use, it is important to identify your marital estate. The marital estate is defined by the South Carolina Equitable Apportionment Statute and generally comprises all assets and debts acquired by either party during the marriage, regardless of title. As you can guess, there are numerous exceptions to this rule, so discuss this issue carefully with your attorney. For starters, however, you should begin to gather the following...

When a divorce or dissolution of marriage is brought before the family court, child visitation is considered at the same time and according to similar factors as child custody. The term stands for the time in which the non-custodial parent is allowed to meet or visit with his/her child. However, under certain circumstances a parent can be denied child visitation or child custody in the case of sole physical custody. Child visitation is often associated with the term “parenting...

Finding Love After 50:  Where to meet quality single men

©2009 Tom Blake – The expert on dating and finding love after 50

“Where should I go to meet quality men my age?” is the most frequently asked question I receive from women age 50+. I’ve been writing newspaper columns on finding love after 50 ever since my wife of six years cleaned out the house on Xmas Eve 1993 and moved out of my life.

This week, Sue, who lives in Los Angeles,...

“Confusing are the ways of the world”. These were the exact words Janet used when I asked her if she was going in for a divorce or a separation. Like Janet, many people are not aware of the differences between separation and divorce and the pros and cons of each. Before we actually delve ourselves deeper into the subject, it is necessary that we understand the prime difference between the two. Knowing the difference will help us make an apt choice.

Types of...

I was first exposed to the concept of personality disorders in 1980 when I was in training as a therapist at the San Diego Child Guidance Clinic at Childrens Hospital. The DSM-III had just come out and Axis II of the five diagnostic categories required the therapist to diagnose the presence or absence of a personality disorder. (The current DSM-IV uses the same approach.) I quickly learned (often the hard way) that the presenting problems on Axis I (e.g. depression, substance abuse)...