BEWARE: DIVORCE IS HAZARDOUS TO SINGLE MOMS’ CREDIT-WORTHINESS
PNC bank has a new policy, I have been told by a trusty loan officer in the higher ranks of that enterprise, that child support no longer counts as income for the purpose of obtaining a home equity...
View ArticleKeys to Greatness
Many people choose, when they get divorced, to reassess their views on life, their personal priorities and their ways of relating to other people. There is no shortgage of self-help books to guide you...
View ArticleWhat Experts Say You Can Teach Your Kids in Your Divorce
Graine Mediation is pleased to introduce Kristine Meldrum Denholm as our guest blogger this week. Kristine is an award-winning journalist who often publishes stories related to families, health and...
View ArticleWhat Virginia Divorce Courts Consider When Dividing Property & Debt
http://www.grainemediation.com In Virginia, the courts are required to consider very specific statutory criteria when dividing property and debt pursuant to a divorce. Like most states (all on the...
View ArticleIn Divorce, Men and Women Suffer in Different Ways
Divorce affects men and women differently. Men going through divorce are more likely to suffer emotionally. Women are more likely to suffer financially. Studies find that “men were six times more...
View ArticleDivorce Leave You Looking for a job? Read this comparison of Indeed.com and...
Monster.com and indeed.com are popular websites used to find employment, research jobs, and make career related connections. Monster.com is a more robust site than indeed.com, but that doesn’t mean...
View ArticleVirginia Support Calculations – Comparing Child and Spousal Support
Divorce is extremely expensive. For most people in Virginia, raising a family in two separate homes (as many divorced people do these days) will cost one or both of you and your children plenty in...
View Article3 Golden Rules of Visitation
Check out The 3 Golden Rules of Visitation Vlog and learn what’s most important when spending time with your children.
View ArticleAre people happier after divorce?
So often, when people feel trapped in an unhappy marriage, they think that their only option is to either continue suffering in a miserable home life, or to take the drastic step to get a divorce. When...
View ArticleWhat Factors Influence an Individual’s Willingness to Cheat?
There are four factors that seem to have the greatest influence over whether a spouse will cheat or not. These factors are pretty basic and probably won’t surprise many people. They are the same...
View ArticleUsing Divorce Clients Emotions for Positive Settlements in Mediation
Divorces are emotional. Therefore, taking the emotions out of a family mediation and treating it just like a business transaction rarely works. The key to a successful divorce settlement mediation is...
View ArticleIs My Spouse Really Hiding Money . . . or Does It Just Feel That Way?
Unfortunately, it happens. Spouses do conceal assets. Some even spend the entire marital estate on untoward activities and ridiculous whims and weird mid-life crisis expenditures. Some spouses even...
View ArticleBEWARE: DIVORCE IS HAZARDOUS TO SINGLE MOMS’ CREDIT-WORTHINESS
PNC bank has a new policy, I have been told by a trusty loan officer in the higher ranks of that enterprise, that child support no longer counts as income for the purpose of obtaining a home equity...
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