Running a family business can be beneficial for everyone in a household. If spouses start the business together, their shared responsibility to the organization can be another source of spousal bonding. Both adults in a family could potentially work at the family...
Divorce
Why some people choose mediation over litigation
Divorce has a reputation for being a very difficult and lengthy process. Couples can turn every minor decision into grounds for a fight and may demand that the courts settle most of their major disputes because they cannot agree with each other. Litigated divorces can...
How can a child specialist help in your collaborative divorce?
Collaborative divorce is widely preferred over litigated divorce by many couples who are ending their marriage and who can potentially work through their divorce-related differences without judicial intervention. Couples with minor children often choose this type of...
Legal separation vs. divorce in Washington State
If you have decided your relationship is no longer working, you may consider legal separation. However, moving forward with a divorce is the next step if you cannot work things out while separated. However, do you understand the difference between legal separation...
3 ways a Washington divorce can impact a teen’s college plans
A college degree may be necessary for someone to pursue a particular career. Those who want to work in medicine, law or architecture, for example, will typically need to have undergraduate and possibly graduate degrees. Parents who have a child with major career...
Are retirement savings subject to division during divorce?
The looming possibility of divorce can make people feel very insecure about the future. Some people try to rehabilitate unhappy marriages simply because they don't want to gamble with their parenting time and would rather wait until their children move out to end...
Can those in high-conflict divorces still attempt mediation?
Divorce litigation can be a very stressful process with no certain outcome guaranteed, which can make parents and those with valuable assets (understandably) very nervous. A judge's interpretation of state law and perspective of a family's circumstances will have an...
Why self-care is important during divorce
The divorce process tends to be extraordinarily stressful. Regardless of whether your personal divorce process is likely to be amicable or contentious, you are facing so much change and so many pressures that the stressful nature of your situation is almost certainly...
3 forms of financial misconduct that could be dissipation
Obtaining a fair outcome during the property division process is often one of the primary goals people set during divorce proceedings. However, there are some people who will go to extremes to punish their spouse financially for perceived failings during the marriage...
Can one spouse prevent the courts from granting a divorce?
For many couples, marriage is more about commitment than it is about passion. It is unfortunately common for one spouse to feel more committed to the relationship than the other. It is also possible for one person to view the marriages and means of continuing to...

