Why Older American Couples Are Getting A Divorce After Their Kids Leave The Nest
The phenomenon of older couples divorcing after their children leave home, often referred to as “gray divorce,” is on the rise in the United States. According to Bowling Green State University’s National Center for Family and Marriage Research, divorce rates doubled for Americans 55+ and tripled for those over 65 from 1990-2021. While some marriages […]
High Housing Costs Are Trapping Couples in Unhappy Unions
Rising housing costs are not just squeezing first-time buyers and renters; they are also casting a long shadow over a seemingly unrelated realm – divorce. For divorcing couples, the financial burden of securing separate housing, particularly in highly competitive markets, is creating a new set of challenges, anxieties, and even delaying separations. Even though this new […]
Datz Reappointed As Co-Chair to AAML’s Law Practice Management & Technology Committee
For the second year, Lawrence Datz, a Board Certified Family Law attorney in Jacksonville, Florida, has been appointed as Co-Chair of the Law Management and Technology committee for the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML). The committee is responsible for looking at the future of family law practice from a holistic management prospective, such as […]
Women Are Most Likely To Initiate Divorces In U.S.
According to a 2020 study by the Pew Research Center, women initiated 69% of divorces in the United States. This has been the case for decades, and the trend is only expected to continue. According to Lawrence Datz, a Jacksonville attorney who has been in the family law practice for 40 years, there are a […]
Cryptocurrency Has Made It More Difficult To Divide Assets In Divorce Settlements
The use of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in divorce settlements is a relatively new phenomenon, but it is one that is becoming increasingly common. The major problems with this type of asset is the anonymity of cryptocurrencies can make them attractive to spouses who are trying to hide assets from their ex-partners, and the volatility […]
Who Gets the Pet In A Divorce?
In most cases, pets are often considered to be part of the family, almost like children. That’s why the question of who gets “custody” of the family pet may become hotly contested in a divorce. While the term “custody” is associated with children in a divorce, family pets are not treated like children under the law. […]
Transgender Issues And Divorce
Does being transgender affect divorce? Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court recognized the right of same gender couples to marry in Obergefell v. Hodges, one might assume gender is of little or no significance in a divorce. After all, if one can marry, certainly one ought to be able to divorce. The idea of a family […]
How Our Current Inflationary Economy Affects Divorce
In many cases, divorce can be a very traumatic or unsettling life experience. But when you add an uncertain economy and inflation to the mix, divorce can be a taxing time, in more ways than one. In my practice and those of my colleagues, we have seen the effects on divorce in almost every type […]
Divorces Can Be Quickly Settled With A Well Planned Premarital Agreement
Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen recently announced not only their divorce, but also that it quickly settled. How could people who have children and almost certain extraordinary wealth quickly settle their divorce case? Divorces involve some amount of conflict, or the couple would not be divorcing. So, what is the explanation? From the perspective of […]
WHAT CAUSES DIVORCE ?
Conflict. In a word, conflict causes couples to divorce. Usually, by the time a spouse consults an attorney about a divorce, the couple’s conflict is seemingly unbearable for one spouse, the other, or both. Everyone wants to be happy. As a matter of logic, happiness is difficult when one is having conflict with a spouse. […]
