Survey Says Divorce Has More Impact on Children of High-Income Families

Survey Says Divorce Has More Impact on Children of High-Income Families

Divorce makes children face the fearful prospect that their mom and dad aren’t happy anymore. Even when love is lavished on the children, they feel anxiety around the breakup and resulting changes.  Older kids bear the burden of increased understanding, while remaining helpless to change the situation. What research has shown is that the effects of all this upheaval tend to be temporary....

5 Misconceptions About Prenuptial Agreements

Have you ever heard the saying, “Ignorance is bliss”? That doesn’t hold true when it comes to a prenuptial agreements. You want to know as much as possible. A prenuptial agreement is a contract between a couple. In this contract, they outline what will happen to jointly held assets in the event of a divorce. There are a number of misconceptions circulating about prenuptial agreements or...

9 Things to Say When Your Aunt Lily Asks About Your Divorce

You’ve been through it all: the looks of shock, the sympathetic stares, the denial (“But you two were always so happy!”). As soon as you announced your breakup and hired a Toronto divorce lawyer, it seemed like open season for people to let you know what they thought of your marriage in the first place, and what they now think of your divorce. Haven’t you been through enough without the...

Facebook Might Have Caused Your Marriage Failure, Study Says

It’s been said that the very things that attract us to our partners are the things that end up repelling us. Enter social media, that great aggravator of all human problems. Your partner’s online habits may irritate you, but is Facebook flirtation and addiction really to blame for your marital failure? New research suggests the answer may be yes – even in relationships without pre-existing...

10 Important Reasons You Should Invest in a Child Custody Lawyer

Anyone who has even a passing familiarity with Canadian law knows that technically, you don’t need a lawyer for virtually anything; you can go ‘pro se’, or represent yourself, in most legal matters. But as anyone who has ever been in a courtroom for family matters knows, that doesn’t generally go very well. This is not small claims court, after all, but family court – and the stakes are your...

10 Questions All Divorcing Parents Should Ask Before Fighting Over the Kids

The stigma of divorce on children has decreased in direct proportion to the increase in divorce rates over the last fifty years. No longer are they taunted as products of ‘broken homes.’ In some places, they are the majority. Yet we know that divorce remains a traumatic event in the lives of children. Research suggests that three years after divorce, while most children do not report any...