Our advice to clients going through a divorce is always to try and remain calm in the face of adversity, remain polite to your soon-to-be ex and try not to enflame an emotional situation as it could end up costing more time and more money. We know this is a tall order. It is what people should aim for but in the face of extreme provocation from estranged partners who may be getting quite the opposite advice from their Rottweiler divorce lawyer, it can be a nigh-on impossible task.

There is no doubt that we are in difficult times.

More than almost any other word I can think of, divorce comes with a lot of baggage. And there is no pun intended there! Say the word and people immediately think of 1,000 different things connected with it, from conflict and upset, to kids, cost and quickies. The reality of course is that a divorce is simply the legal ending of a marriage

There’s no escaping social media these days – as you’ll know if you are reading this blog! Whether it is Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, blogs, myspace, You Tube or any number of other sites and services, it has never been easier to engage with others.

When you are getting divorced, one of the most important considerations for most people is the custody of their children. Most parents want to have as much time with their kids as possible, which unfortunately puts them directly at odds with the spouse they are divorcing, who also wants to maximize time with the kids.

It has taken family law a long time to ensure that children are put at the heart of any contact and residence issues .

Having mentioned the apparent annual rush for the divorce lawyers that we see in January each year a couple of times already in the last few weeks, I have been thinking more on this topic. The driver for this is the desire for us to do away with this unwanted tradition and for people to take a deep breath and consider the state of their marriage in the cold light of mid-January rather than on the last day of a two-week stay by the mother-in-law over new year

Divorce is always going to be a stressful process. Not only do you have to deal with the emotional ramifications of ending a relationship, but you also have a lot of legal and financial obligations as well. Trying to handle divorce on your own is often a major mistake that can cost you both emotionally and financially, but working with Tampa divorce lawyers can make the divorce process much easier.

By Ariana E. Cha and Jennifer Dixon Here are some questions parents should ask themselves when considering joint custody: Q: How well do you feel you and the other parent can get along? A: Parents should cooperate with each other.

When you get a divorce, there are a lot of immediate factors to consider: child custody, alimony, and division of your house and marital property may be the key things you are thinking about as you negotiate a divorce settlement.