Buying your first home is a significant accomplishment. It also tends to be a long process with lots of paperwork to fill out, negotiations with the seller and waiting for the lender to approve your mortgage application. Once you finish signing everything at closing...
When divorcing parents can’t seem to agree on anything, it can be important to the divorce process to remember that they both love their children and want to cause as little pain to them as possible. Focusing on that can help you find a way to work through property...
Parents who go through a divorce need to ensure they do what’s best for their children. One option that many parents are trying to work is co-parenting. The parents work as a team in this arrangement to raise the children. A successful co-parenting relationship takes...
Marital dissolution or divorce is well known for being a stressful process. Even people who usually have excellent emotional regulation may struggle to remain calm and rational throughout their divorce. Although it is common for people to try to ignore their emotional...
The idea of creating an estate plan surfaces from time to time. But you hesitate. You occasionally have “paralysis analysis” because you do not know where to start and are unsure about what your estate plan should include. But what ignites you are some of the basic...
Maybe your ex has started complaining about vaccinations and immunizations. Perhaps they vehemently oppose proper mental health counseling. You can ignore their preferences when they only affect their health, but when you share a child, the medical preferences of...
Many divorcing couples decide to sell their home – particularly if they don’t have children or the kids are grown. That’s typically the best option financially. It also helps both people get away from the memories of an unhappy marriage and start fresh in new...
Disclosure documents are supposed to capture everything a seller is legally required to inform potential buyers, but not every seller is as forthcoming as they should be. Failures to disclose important information can leave unsuspecting buyers with a pile of problems...
When you buy a brand new house in a development or hire a construction company to erect your dream home, you expect the finished products to meet your standards. Unfortunately, for a small percentage of prospective owners, there will be a construction defect...
If you die and don’t have an estate plan or will, your assets will have to go into probate. Probate is a somewhat long process during which a judge determines how your assets are going to be handled and divided. When you die without a valid will, your assets will...