Raleigh Divorce Blog

According to an article by The Street on July 6, many fathers prefer to give children the things they need directly rather than simply make child support payments. A study led by Baltimore, Maryland-based Johns Hopkins University that looked into the lives of 367 low-income non-custodial fathers in the cities of Austin, Charleston, and Philadelphia […]

If you have recently gone through a divorce, one thing that you must prioritize is the welfare of your children. There are a few steps that you can take in order to help guide your children to a more healthy emotional place following the break up. Tell your children your true feelings regarding the divorce. If […]

In the United States, getting divorced in some states can be an extremely lengthy and taxing process for couples who want to move on with their lives, Newsweek reported on May 17. Some states, including Oklahoma, Arizona and Utah, require divorcing couples with children to take parenting classes. Others mandate an extensive period of separation prior to filing […]

If you and your partner have entered into a marriage that could be considered non-legal or voidable, either you or your partner can request an annulment, which would make the marriage null and void as if it never happened in the first place. This type of separation is not a divorce; if two people divorce, the state still […]

Thirty-nine-year-old Bronx resident Liana Barrientos is facing felony charges and possible jail time after authorities found out she tied the knot 10 times in 11 years, and may have been married to up to eight men at once between the years 1999 and 2010, TIME reported on April 10. Among the charges Barrientos faces are […]

The recent arrest of 17-year-old Kelton Fox in Durham for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Tierra Hall has tragically brought teenage domestic violence into the spotlight in North Carolina, WTVD reported on April 1. Fox has been indicted with first-degree murder in relation to Hall, who was found dead behind a vacant home on March […]

A new study done by Iowa State University assistant professor of human development and family studies Amelia Karraker and colleague Kenzie Latham showed that divorce rates rise by 6% when wives contract a serious illness, the Washington Post reported on March 6. The study, which was published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, […]

Forty-one-year-old actress Eva Mendes is currently under fire for her comments about marriage and divorce, but some support her position, according to an opinion piece on Time. In a recent interview with the new mother, Mendes reportedly said, “No, no, no! You can’t do sweatpants! Ladies, number one cause of divorce in America? Sweatpants! No, […]

Despite the dismissal of 26-year-old Carolina Panthers’ defensive end Gregory Hardy’s domestic violence case on February 9 in Charlotte, North Carolina, the National Football League has announced that it will still investigate the personal life of Hardy to find out if he violated the league’s personal-conduct policy, according to a report by the Las Vegas […]

Karen Hicks, the wife of 46-year-old murder suspect Craig Stephen Hicks,  is planning to file a petition to divorce her husband, the International Business Times reported on February 12. Craig Hicks is suspected of shooting and killing three Muslim college students at their home in Finley Forest condominium complex on Summerwalk Circle in Chapel Hill, […]