Divorce Laws: What Is A Divorce From Bed And Board?

Question: My question about divorce laws has to do with what I’ve heard is a “divorce from bed and board.” Can you explain what a “divorce from bed and board” is and how it is different from a regular divorce?

Do Monetary Gifts Count As Income For Child Support?

Question: Do child support laws outline what funds are to be used to pay child support? My brother is extremely wealthy and has been giving me several thousand dollars a month because I am unemployed. My soon-to-be-ex-wife is threatening to make me brother pay for my child support obligations since …

Child Custody Laws: How To Block A Move Out Of State

Question: My question is about child custody laws and how to prevent a relocation of my child to another state. I am currently married, but my wife said she wants to move out of state with our daughter to be closer to her family. She says I’ll be able to …

DadsDivorce Live: False Allegations Of Domestic Violence

Last week’s DadsDivorce Live focused on the issue of domestic violence against men. Cordell & Cordell mens divorce attorney Heather Biagi discussed with DadsDivorce.com editor Matt Allen the prevalence of claims of domestic violence used in divorce and child custody disputes. In part two of the two-part series focusing on …

Huffington Post Highlights Stupid Divorce Mistakes

The Huffington Post Divorce section asked Joseph Cordell to pen a column about one of “The 10 Stupidest Mistakes Men Make When Facing Divorce,” the concept behind Cordell’s latest divorce book. Cordell, the principal partner of Cordell & Cordell and founder of DadsDivorce.com, highlighted one of the more destructive and …

Modifying Child Custody Based On Violating A Morality Clause

Question: My divorce decree includes a “morality clause” and my ex-wife is threatening to take me back to court to modify child custody because my girlfriend has moved in. My ex barely sees our children, exercising far less than the parenting time she was given in the divorce decree. Could …

Granting A Divorce While The Marital Home Is For Sale

Question: My wife left me several years and filed for divorce, a case that is still dragging on. She says the divorce cannot be finalized until our marital home is sold, an increasingly unlikely proposition in this economy. Why can’t the divorce be granted and we deal with the sale …

Book Excerpt: The Tools You Need To Be Successful

Below is an excerpt from the book “The Tools You Need To Be Successful: Never Give Up, Never Back Down” by Joshua McDowell, a single father who shares with divorced dads the tools they need to keep themselves in their children’s life and learn how to have a happy and …

A Dad’s Story Of Picking Up The Pieces Post-Divorce

By Gary M. Zeiss, Esq. I rolled out of bed at around 9:30, early for a Sunday. It was going to be a nice day – not too hot, not too cold. Classic early October weather. Not a cloud in the sky. I went into the kitchen and started the …

What Will Happen If I Am Unable To Pay The Full Child Support Amount?

Question: What are the consequences if I fail to pay the full amount of child support this month? I am required to pay the full child support balance on the 1st of each month. However, this coming month I will not be able to pay the full amount until I …