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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…

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…

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…

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.…