Divorce
Economic Downturn Results in Decreased Divorce/Infidelity Rates
A recent Wall Street Journal article reports that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention released new data indicating the national divorce rate is at its lowest point since the 1970s. According to a University of Virginia project analyzing the CDC data, the divorce rate per 1,000 married women dropped from 16.9 in 2008 to [...]
Montana and Wyoming towns top list of “100 U.S. Cities Most Doomed for Divorce”
Men’s Health magazine recently published the 100 U.S. Cities Most Doomed for Divorce. While Men’s Health may not be the most reliable source for this information, the results are incredibly intriguing. To determine the rankings, Men’s Health looked at divorce rates, the number of licensed marriage and family therapists, and the stringency of the state’s [...]
Online Montana Divorce Forms – BEWARE!
Even though I am a Montana attorney, I certainly do not in a fantasy world where everyone can afford to hire an attorney to assist them with their divorce. Unfortunately, hiring an attorney can be incredibly expensive and not everyone has the means to hire one. Lately, however, I have noticed a troubling influx of do-it-yourself [...]
Seven Tips to Surviving Divorce
I ran across this great article entitled 7 Tips to Help You Get Through a Divorce. It does not appear the author is an attorney, but the advice is incredibly helpful. Tip #4 is beneficial for anyone involved in any type of legal proceeding. Read before you sign!
Keeping Your Home in MT Divorce
For many divorcing couples in Montana, their home is their most valuable asset. In a divorce, this makes it extremely important what happens to the property, how the mortgage is dealt with, and who continues to live in the home. Often, in an effort to encourage consistency for the children, whichever parent will be doing [...]
When One Parent Refuses to Follow the Parenting Plan
One of the most frustrating situations I see clients dealing with is the situation when one parent refuses to follow the parenting plan. Often this occurs with small things. The other parents cancels scheduled visits at the last minute, or habitually returns the children late. It may come in the form of repeated requests to [...]
MT Case Law: Premarital Property in Divorce
In Arnold v. Sullivan, the Montana Supreme Court recently addressed the issue of premarital property in divorce. More specifically, the court discussed how to deal with the appreciation of that property during the marriage. In the case, the wife entered the marriage owning a home as her sole property. During the marriage, the mortgage payments on [...]
Proxy Marriage
Montana is the only state in the U.S. to offer double proxy marriages. This is a marriage where both the bride and the groom are absent and represented by “proxies.” Montana offers this only when one party is a member of the armed forces on federal active duty – but until a few years ago, [...]
Dispute Resolution
Most parenting plans include a dispute resolution provision. This means that if there is a disagreement about the plan, the parties need to engage in the dispute resolution process before proceeding to Court. Even if your parenting plan does not have this, in Montana the judge can order you to try dispute resolution before returning [...]
Kalispell Divorce Options
For those considering divorce in the Kalispell, Montana area there are a number of options you should consider in how to proceed. Although typically people think of hiring a lawyer and going to court in order to get a divorce, our system in Montana provides less confrontational options that are quicker and less expensive. Which [...]
