Narcissistic personality disorder is a real psychological problem that can have devastating emotional effects on the entire family. Studies indicate that about 8 percent of men and 5 percent of women have narcissistic personality disorder -- and it's a condition that...
The founder and chairman of Zynga, which is arguably the world's favorite developer of online social games like Farmville and Words With Friends, is getting a divorce. Like many people with a lot of assets, he had a prenuptial agreement drawn up before he married his...
Fatherhood isn't easy, but for some men it's hard just to win the right to be one. In California, there is no automatic right to paternity when the parents are unmarried. Legal fatherhood can only be achieved by voluntary acknowledgement or a finding of paternity by...
It doesn't matter if you have $10 sitting in your bank account or $10 million -- the emotional cost of giving up on your marriage is about the same. However, high-asset divorces can be a lot more cumbersome and difficult to get through simply because there's a lot...
One of the most common assumptions people make is that child support automatically stops at a child's eighteenth birthday. There are a number of reasons, however, that this might not be what happens in your case. In California, one major reason that support might not...
Divorced parents often have a misconception about child support: it's just for the basics necessities. It isn't. Sure, regular expenses used to calculate the percentage of support each parent has to provide will include the basics: food, shelter and clothing. However,...
The last thing you may feel like doing after going through a difficult marriage and a subsequent divorce is being supportive of your ex-spouse. However, if you have children together, that's precisely what you need to do if you want to convince a judge to give you...
Many parents don't realize that they can be arrested and charged with kidnapping their own child. However, the law in California is very clear: If you withhold a child from his or her lawful custodian or legal guardian, that's a crime -- even if you are the child's...
When the Christmas season ends, "divorce season" usually begins. It's such a common occurrence that family law attorneys even refer to the first Monday after Christmas break as "Divorce Day," because their email boxes are usually clogged with requests for appointments...
Marriages don't usually sour overnight. Instead, they tend to slowly fall apart, with each spouse gradually becoming more independent and thinking of himself or herself as an individual, rather than part of a couple. That's often reflected in their finances as well,...