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Starting Fresh: Rebuilding Relationships Post-Divorce While taking time to heal and reflect, focus on working on yourself. Take care of your physical and emotional health, build your self-confidence, and pursue your passions and interests. By  Alistair Vigier   Updated: February 28, 2023 Categories:  Considering Divorce ,  Coping with Divorce ,  Divorce Process ,  Preparing for Divorce ,  Relationships and Dating Divorce can be a difficult and emotionally taxing experience, leaving one feeling lost and unsure of how to start anew.  Rebuilding relationships post-divorce can be hard. The idea of building relationships after divorce can be overwhelming, but it’s important to remember that it is possible to form healthy connections again.  Here are some tips and strategies to help rebuild relationships after divorce. Healing from the past is essential before starting any new relationships. Divorce can be a traumatic experience, and it’s important...

7 Steps to Gain Financial Stability After a Messy Divorce Aside from the emotional toll divorce can have on those going through it, there are also financial complications that arise from divorce. If you've just gone through a messy divorce and want to recover financially, read on to learn how.  By  Lyle Solomon   Updated: January 10, 2023 Categories:  Financial Issues ,  Life After Divorce ,  Preparing for Divorce Divorce can change your life, especially a messy one.  A messy divorce can be financially damaging, and you may have to give up your lifestyle. Your income will remain the same, but your expenses may increase significantly. If you were the breadwinner, you might have to pay alimony and child support.  After a divorce, people sometimes have to give up half of their savings, assets, and retirement fund. If your ex-spouse was the primary provider, you must have a realistic budget and downsize your expenses. But all hope is not lost; you may...

These Four Behaviors are Also Domestic Abuse Domestic abuse can be verbal, emotional, sexual, financial, or psychological abuse. They all play an equally poisonous role in contributing to the insidious rot of abuse. By  Melissa Kalil   Updated: December 12, 2022 Categories:  Domestic Violence ,  Legal Issues Gone are the days when intimate partner violence evokes images of battered women rushing out in the dead of night to a domestic violence shelter with their children and nothing but the clothes on their backs. By now, we are all aware that domestic violence is a pattern of behavior where one person attempts to control another. But it is not just physical – it can be verbal,  emotional , sexual, financial, or psychological abuse. They all play an equally poisonous role in contributing to the insidious rot of abuse. Because that is exactly what abuse is: a slow decay that is quite literally soul-destroying if not recognized and squashed immediately. Four Behavi...

  MLG LAW GROUP 121 West Wacker Drive Suite 1404 Chicago, IL. 60601 http://www.mlglawgroupillinois.com/ #letsguide How do you prove a parent unfit in Illinois? How do I prove the other parent is unfit? Abandonment. Habitual substance abuse problems. Physical or emotional abuse. Mental illness or instability. Putting the children in an unsafe living environment. Being incarcerated. Not being interested in the children's welfare. Neglect.

  MLG LAW GROUP 121 West Wacker Drive Suite 1404 Chicago, IL. 60601 http://www.mlglawgroupillinois.com/ #letsguide How do you prove a parent unfit in Illinois? How do I prove the other parent is unfit? Abandonment. Habitual substance abuse problems. Physical or emotional abuse. Mental illness or instability. Putting the children in an unsafe living environment. Being incarcerated. Not being interested in the children's welfare. Neglect.

  This is How Your Credit Score During a Divorce Can be Affected Divorce can be challenging and emotionally exhausting for many. In some cases, people neglect their credit when going through a divorce due to various reasons. Protecting your credit score during a divorce is crucial for those going through one. By  Lyle Solomon   Updated: December 12, 2022 Categories:  Divorce Recovery ,  Financial Issues By Lyle Solomon , Principal Attorney Divorce may be challenging and emotionally exhausting for many people.  Making separate living arrangements, dividing joint finances, and ending a once-happy marriage is a difficult process to go through. Protecting your credit score during a divorce is crucial for those going through one.  People frequently neglect their credit when going through a divorce. Unfortunately, this is a fatal error – y our credit scores may suffer during a divorce.  Here are a few professionals tips on protecting your credit score d...

  How to Talk to Your Teen About Divorce Talking to some teens about anything, let alone their parents’ impending divorce, can be challenging and, quite honestly, daunting. Your teen will likely have many questions, some of which you may be unable to answer.  By  Elise Buie, Esq.   Updated: December 01, 2022 Categories:  Children and Divorce ,  Children's and Parenting Issues after Divorce ,  Considering Divorce ,  Preparing for Divorce Talking to some teens about anything, let alone their parents’ impending divorce, can be challenging and, quite honestly, daunting. Your teen will likely have many questions, some of which you may be unable to answer.  Or they may have none in those initial moments, but you know you should be saying something.  Anything . Yet you are afraid the words won’t come. At least words that will do the situation and what your family is about to go through justice. How to Talk to Your Teen Daughter About Divorce Na...