Family Law

If you’re considering divorce and you have a prenuptial agreement in place, then it may give you a sense of calm. It may give you some reassurance knowing that you and your spouse have already made many critical decisions. You may feel like you don’t have to worry...

The relationship between parents often ends before the children are old enough to live independently, so parents have to figure out how to share custody after the split.  Most of the time, the Missouri family courts assume that shared custody will be in the best...

A divorce is a life-changing event, but that doesn’t mean that it has to be extraordinarily stressful. Instead, it’s possible to have a divorce that starts your new life off on the right path. The more you and your spouse are willing to work together to separate your...

Many parents who are going through a child custody case try collaborative methods to come to some kind of agreement on their parenting plan. Unfortunately, this isn’t always possible, and the court has to get involved.  Sometimes, the court will require that a...

When people go through a divorce, they usually have similar things that concern them. Who gets the house? What will happen with the kids? How will we split up the assets and bills? All of these are important, but there’s one thing that’s often overlooked. This is how...

You may not think much about the age at which you get married. Instead, you think about when you meet the person you want to marry. Does that happen in high school, at college or at work? When you meet them determines how old you are when you tie the knot, and that’s...