Ten Tips for Surviving Divorce during the Holidays
Surviving Holiday Season During Divorce The 2014 holiday season is upon us. Traditionally, the holidays are a time for bringing the family together to enjoy and celebrate the season. However, when families are going through, or have gone through, a divorce, these times can often feel much less festive. Surviving a divorce during the holidays can be a difficult task. For those who are affected by divorce, the stress of the season can be very intense. Not only is there the juggling of schedules... Read more ...
Social Media Rights After Death
Social Media Rights After Death With the number of Facebook users reaching one billion, the social networking site inevitably is intertwined with people’s everyday lives. In a previous blog post on Divorce Lawyers Chicago, I wrote about how social media can affect a divorce settlement. However, what people often fail to think about is how Facebook and other online accounts will be handled after their deaths. Current issues regarding social media profiles of the deceased With increa... Read more ...
Power of Attorney Health Care Agent
Choosing a Health Care Power of Attorney Agent In my recent blog post about the changes to the Health Care Power of Attorney Act, I emphasized the importance, especially for those going through a divorce, of having a Health Care Power of Attorney (HCPOA) in an estate plan. An HCPOA allows a person to designate another person, called the health care agent, to make health care decisions for that person in the event that he or she can no longer make the decisions due to injury, illness or incapaci... Read more ...
Spousal Education Gaps and Divorce
Education and Divorce Recently, a report was published in the August issue of the American Sociological Review about an extensive study regarding divorce trends among spouses with differing levels of education. The report prompted me to think back upon the evolution of my cases during my years as a Chicago divorce lawyer. The study, which used data of marriages formed in the nation from 1950-2004, found that marriages where the wife has more education than her husband are no longer more prone ... Read more ...
The Baby Boomer Divorce Trend
Baby Boomer Divorces I recently read an article that the divorce rate was on a slight decline from the generally accepted 50 percent rate. Although it is difficult to obtain completely accurate divorce statistics, as a divorce lawyer, I was interested to search deeper into the topic. While I struggled to find credible sources to confirm the precise national divorce rate, I found a commonality among all studies regarding divorce trends: baby boomers have the highest, and still growing, divorce r... Read more ...
The Media Glamorizes Celebrity Divorce
Media’s Glamorization of Divorce In the past weeks, each time I’ve searched ‘divorce’ online, endless articles about Jay-Z and Beyonce’s apparently broken relationship come up. The articles speculate every aspect of their divorce, from warning signs of their rocky relationship, rumored infidelity, how their divorce will affect their concert tour, what will happen to their daughter and more. Even though there has never been an official separation or divorce announcement, fans across t... Read more ...
