If you and your spouse are ready to pull the plug on your marriage, you’re likely quite concerned on how the fallout can affect your minor children. There is no doubt that divorce has a destabilizing effect on everyone involved. But those whose lives are disrupted...
Prenups are all about pre-planning for a “worst-case” scenario, but a prenuptial agreement that you and your spouse signed 20 or 30 years ago may eventually seem profoundly outdated or even unfair. Indiana law generally recognizes the validity of prenuptial agreements...
Many couples buy a house together after getting married or upgrade from rental arrangements to homeownership when they decide to have children. Quite a few married couples across Indiana share an ownership interest in the residence where they live together. Homeowners...
Your spouse asking for a divorce is probably not a conversation you expected in your marriage. Whether you saw it coming or are blindsided, this can be challenging. You may want to save the marriage, that is, if you don't want the divorce, which may be possible, but...
Child custody orders are not etched in stone. The fluid nature of family dynamics necessitates the need to adapt to current times, and the court can modify the existing court orders for various reasons. Understanding the conditions under which a custody order can be...
Every parent with a child in Indiana has certain legal responsibilities and also certain rights. Parents must provide for the basic needs of their children and also have a profound influence on the lives they lead. Technically, fathers and mothers have the same legal...
When people start to have unresolved issues in their marriage, the first thing they may do is seek marital therapy. But, therapy can’t fix everything, especially if one or both spouses don’t want to make changes. Sometimes there are issues in marriages that can only...
Divorce is often challenging, and it's not unusual that there will be times that it will become contentious. While divorcing parents want to do what's best for their children, getting past the hurt and anger is sometimes difficult. Parallel parenting may be helpful in...
Prenuptial agreements are far more common now than they were just a few years ago. With more families comprised of two working adults, it is more common for both spouses to want protection when starting a legal relationship with each other. Prenuptial agreements allow...
When you think about the type of people who enter into a prenuptial agreement, who comes to mind? It’s probably celebrities or the extremely wealthy who have a fortune to their name. What might surprise you is that anyone can arrange a prenup before they get married....
