Ask a family law court judge to name the most difficult type of case to decide and most likely she or he will say move-away child custody cases, which in family law parlance means when one party seeks to relocate with her or his child to another geographic area. The requested destination could be a 60-mile move or a 6,000-plus-mile move.

After separation, when a custodial parent decides to move, often heart-wrenching decisions have to be made about where the children will live and how and to what extent the other parent will maintain a relationship with them. If a Court grants the move, the non-custodial parent will no longer be able to participate in the day-to-day life of her or his child — missing out on carpooling, school events, helping with homework and extra-curricular activities. On the other hand, if the Court denies the custodial parent’s move-away request and the custodial parent has no choice but to move away from his or her current geographic location, then the child will be separated from the parent with whom the child may have the closest bond. In either situation, the child loses.

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Would kids be better off if their parents stayed together, fighting and yelling?  Here’s how to recognize when kids benefit from their parents’ divorce:

A growing body of literature now suggests that the earlier we turn back the clock in kids’ development, the more profound the impact of their environment. Early childhood is critical—race and class differences in achievement are pretty much evident by the time kids reach kindergarten, for instance. Even what happens before you’re born turns out to have consequences for decades afterward.

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If you’re heading for a divorce, you’re not alone. Approximately 41 percent of American marriages end by divorce. Yet they don’t always end equitably, especially in terms of finances.

There are steps you can take to minimize the financial damage of divorce and to prepare for a financially stable future. If you are separated from your spouse, considering divorce, or already divorced, here are some financial tips for surviving—and thriving.

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Buonforte, Jeffrey. 10 Smart Financial Tips for Divorce. Lakelandbank.com. Retrieved on May 2, 2014, https://www.lakelandbank.com/about/news/press-releases/?news_cat=press-releases&news_article=10-smart-financial-tips-for-divorce

Children often have it rough when their parents divorce, but grown up “kids” may have it even rougher.

Adult offspring whose parents split up later in life face the usual and expected psychological issues: “They may feel like ‘everything I thought was real, isn’t,’” says Diana Mercer, an attorney-mediator and author of several books on divorce.

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Married couples in America co-own 3.7 million small businesses, according to the Census Bureau, and the arrangement can be fruitful when both marriage and business are going well.

But what happens when it doesn’t? Most of the time, when the love dies, the business relationship ends, too.

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