Our Lake County divorce attorneys are seeing an increasing phenomenon of older individuals who are seeking an Indiana divorce.While enduring a divorce at any phase in your life is going to be generally unpleasant, there are pros and cons when it happens in your golden years. While most people who…
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Miller v. Carpenter: Indiana Child Custody and Support Ruling
The state’s court of appeals recently issued a ruling on an Indiana child custody and support case.As our Highland divorce attorneys understand it, the case of Miller v. Carpenter involved a couple with two children – an 8-year-old son and a 10-year-old daughter – whose divorce was finalized in 2008.…
Reported Lottery Win Raises Questions Amid Indiana Divorce
A man embroiled in a Shelbyville, Indiana divorce had hit the jackpot – literally – or so it seemed at first.Our Highalnd divorce lawyers understand that as it turned out, the winner was actually an older woman in her 70s. But the case brings up a number of good points…
Indiana Pet Custody Cases Becoming More Common in Divorces
Many people may equate a contested divorce in Indiana, with bitter arguments swirling around issues of child custody, alimony, property division and so forth.A new trend, however, is being observed by child custody attorneys in Indiana and across the country: pet custody. There are a number of theories behind this.…
Indiana Divorces and the Kid’s College Fund: A look at a S.C. Supreme Court Decision
In an interesting case that highlights a frequent issue in an Indiana divorce, the supreme court in South Carolina has ruled that divorced parents may have to pay for their children’s college.Indiana child custody attorneys understand that going through a divorce is trying, and often made even more difficult when…
Indiana Divorce Proceedings Can be Affected by Social Media
Social media has become one of the biggest movements in our world in the last decade. People are able to connect worldwide over social networking web sites. Text messaging has been used as one of the easiest and quickest ways to spread a message. All of these tools have become…
Indiana Divorces Mirror Those of Celebrities
Many everyday citizens think of celebrity and Hollywood divorces as very complex and probably more contested than a normal Indiana divorce. But that’s not necessarily the case. While most divorcees aren’t trying to determine who will get the Beverly Hills mansion, who will get the $250,000 sports car and the…
Finances and an Indiana Divorce Go Hand-in-Hand, So Be Prepared
When some people think about getting divorced, they think about the split in general terms — how they are going to be able to afford renting an apartment and paying monthly bills? But often, soon-to-be divorcees don’t consider the financial implications beyond those basic terms. A recent article on Nasdaq.com…
January is Known as Divorce Month in Indiana
Sadly, January has become a busy month for many Indiana divorce lawyers because for some reason, the first month of the new year tends to bring out the reality that the holiday season masked. Fox News recently reported that nearly 24,000 divorces are granted each year in Arizona and many…
How Do You Stay Sane in A Tough Indiana Divorce?
It has been said many times that divorce takes an emotional toll. Very few divorcees are happy about the process. It hits people’s egos, they reflect on times when they were happier and things seemed better and they think about how different life will be moving forward. Many people consider…