Family Law

Dividing custody of children is a crucial part of getting a divorce. When parents decide to end their marital relationship, they need to define what rights they have regarding their children in the future. While many of these rights may have simply been implied or...

For the Missouri family courts to hear a divorce case, a family must have qualifying circumstances. The spouse petitioning the courts can choose between pursuing a no-fault divorce and a fault-based filing in cases where there is evidence of qualifying legal grounds....

It’s generally preferable when divorcing parents can negotiate their own custody agreements and parenting plans, with the help of their individual legal counsel. When they can’t, they need to ask the judge in their case to make these decisions for them. Judges have an...

After deciding to dissolve your marriage, you and your spouse need to start discussing divorce-related matters. These include finances, living arrangements, co-parenting if you have kids and business interests if you have a business. So, how can you successfully...

There are several ways to approach property division in a Missouri divorce. Some couples have already established arrangements by negotiating prenuptial or postnuptial agreements. They may have set aside certain property as separate or agreed to a specific set of...

You and your ex were briefly married, but only while your child was very young. Perhaps you got divorced when they were just two years old. You never had to choose a school for them or enroll them in classes because they were simply too young for it to be relevant....

Couples who marry young sometimes divorce relatively early. Issues ranging from infidelity to incompatibility may lead to one spouse filing for divorce. In recent years, one type of divorce has become more common than many others. Gray divorces are now as much as...

A divorce can be a difficult time for parents and children. One of the most important discussions parents will have during a divorce is about child custody arrangements. Child custody arrangements allow parents to have the right to spend time with their children and...

Many people are focused on how to divide assets when they’re going through a divorce, but that’s not the only consideration they should think about. Debts that were acquired during the marriage don’t automatically disappear. Instead, they will have to be divided...

Married couples often amass considerable assets, but they’re likely also going to have some debts. Just because the couple decides to go through a divorce doesn’t mean that the debts just go away. Instead, they must be handled during the property division process. ...