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On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Divorce on Thursday, August 14, 2014. Earlier this week, we began a discussion about breaking the news of divorce to your children. This is not an easy conversation to have, nor will it be painless. Nonetheless, how you tell your children about the divorce can make a big difference in how well they process and cope with the news. We’ve already discussed planning what you’re going to say ahead of time and finding the most appropriate time and setting in which to break the news. Today, we’ll share more advice on talking to your kids

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Divorce on Tuesday, August 12, 2014. If you and your spouse are planning to divorce and you have children, breaking the news to them is probably something you are dreading. This feeling is understandable, given that parental divorce is often a major source of stress, anxiety and sadness for kids. There may be no perfectly right way to break the news but some strategies are definitely better than others. Moreover, if you and your spouse will likely be sharing custody after the divorce, this talk with your children will be your first co-parenting experience and could set

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Divorce on Friday, August 8, 2014. In our last post, we began a discussion about the financial risks and pitfalls that can come with divorce. Most couples choose to jointly open bank accounts and credit card accounts as well as take out home and auto loans together. This makes sense when you are married and your incomes and assets are comingled. But when you decide to divorce, splitting up these financial obligations can be a headache. Moreover, most creditors do not care that you are getting a divorce. As long as both names and signatures are

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Divorce on Thursday, August 7, 2014. Divorce is difficult for many reasons and in many ways. From a practical financial standpoint, getting a divorce means separating the income, assets and debts of two adults who had previously been operating as a single household. When the emotional aspects of divorce get mixed in with an already complicated financial split, things can get messy. In this week’s posts, we’ll discuss some ways to make a clean financial break and minimize the risk that your spouse’s money decisions ruin your current and future credit. If you and your spouse share

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Divorce on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Over the past several years, family law attorneys have been warning their clients about the pitfalls of digital communication. The face-to-face conversations of the past have been largely supplanted by emails, texts, cellphone calls and posts on social media sites. There is nothing wrong with these communication methods, per se, but they do leave a trail – a retrievable record of things said and done. It’s no wonder that digital communications are increasingly being used as evidence in divorce and child custody cases. Digital discovery is a two-way street, however, and