A prominent psychologist says that he’s identified a sign that a marriage is headed for divorce. While you might be thinking that he’s talking about a loud argument or a thrown dish, John Gottman claims that the indicator is much more subtle. Gottman reports that a marriage is in serious risk when a spouse lifts one side of their mouth…
Though divorce affects every ethnic and socioeconomic group in the United States, there are certain factors that make it more likely that a marriage will end. Some states have much higher divorce rates than others. On the other hand, spouses with higher levels of education are more likely to stay together. Research also shows that some jobs are associated with…
A survey conducted by Forbes magazine of more than 1,000 Americans during and after their divorces sheds light on the reasons why marriages break up and demonstrates that some things we commonly hear about divorce aren’t always true. For example, it is no longer the case that about half of marriages in this country end in divorce. Likewise, the notion…
Handling thousands of divorces in the last two decades it has become apparent to us that is more common for women to displace themselves to stay with their husbands than their husband to stay with their new bride and her family in the inception of marriage. We are seeing this mostly in our area in Long Island and often with…
Domestic violence incidents rose earlier in the pandemic as stay-at-home orders went into effect and people were closely confined. Today, while COVID-19 restrictions on movement are hopefully on the decline, domestic abuse remains a problem and victims need to be protected. If a family member or a current or former intimate partner is abusing or harassing you, you can petition…
Amid all the attention given to alimony, property division and other financial issues in a divorce, it’s possible that couples may not fully consider tax issues related to business entities that they own. This is a problem for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that many small business owners sometimes use business assets for personal purposes,…
In 2010, New York finally enacted a no-fault divorce law, becoming the last state to embrace a nationwide movement that began 40 years earlier. Among the advantages of the no-fault system is that spouses don’t need to assign blame or drag each other through emotional turmoil in order to end their marriage. Under the old fault system, a spouse suing…
Even though you may have set your mind unchangeably on divorcing your spouse, rushing to file papers could hurt you in the long run. If you try to speed through the process to just get it over with, you may find yourself with poor outcomes that affect your life and the lives of your children for years to come. Before…
Forced closer together by lockdowns, travel restrictions, work-from-home orders and school closures during the pandemic, many married couples have seen their relationships strained to the point of breaking. This has led to a surge of divorces in New York and across the nation. But with the backlog of cases caused by COVID-related court closures, estranged spouses have learned that divorce…
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced married and unmarried couples alike to reexamine their relationships, spurring an increase in divorces and a drastic falloff in weddings. Unmarried couples seem to be questioning the wisdom or desirability of tying the knot. Marriage rates in the United States, which had been on the decline since the 1980s, plunged more steeply when the pandemic…