None of us expect or prepare for divorce on our day of wedding bliss. Even as divorce rates climb, most of us truly believe that we will avoid that sad fate. The reality though is that 40% of us will get divorced at least once in our lives.

In addition to all the financial upheaval this causes in a couple’s life, the divorce fees themselves have skyrocketed. Through some careful planning and cooperation, which can admittedly be difficult during these processes, both parties can end up saving themselves a lot of time, money and headaches.

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Fundamentally Rhode Island divorce complaints aren’t particularly complicated. The content of the form follows a standard format and recites specific facts necessary to establish jurisdiction for the court, the date of marriage, that a breakdown has occurred and it’s basis, the existence of children and their dates of birth and then your request for relief.

Attorneys differ regarding how a request for relief should be phrased, what should be included and what should not be included as a matter of common practice. Often times it is the relief that you are requesting that you as the client should look carefully at.

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Divorce stinks! It hurts a lot of people. Your children are hurt because the family they were a part of is over. Both you and your ex-spouse are hurt too. It doesn’t matter if you initiated the divorce or not, some hurt remains. There were hurtful things that happened in the marriage that lead to the divorce weren’t there? Withdrawal, attack, insults, infidelity, and outright anger are all typical steps that lead people down the road toward a divorce decision.

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The dread I felt encompassed my thoughts and feelings. My energy stopped flowing and immediately I felt my soul complain once again that nothing was ever going my way. Depression took control of my body and reminded me of everything I did for others and how I was never repaid.

Suddenly, a Holy Spirit thought came to my mind with these words. “Something good is about to happen.” An energy sparked and ignited my mind into the possibilities of what good thing was about to take place. I was no longer feeling rejected and alone. I was anticipating good fortune and the expectancy changed my whole outlook on life.

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Paternity fraud is once again in the news, as the state of Tennessee is on the brink of becoming a trend-setter state with proposed legislation that would allow for the disestablishment of parentage.

Paternity fraud is the popular name for the situation where a man is “duped” into fatherhood for a child that is not biologically related. The big issue with paternity fraud is that a man is forced to pay child support for these children even after DNA evidence proves that he is not the biological father. The majority of states rely on an English common law doctrine that creates a presumption of fatherhood when a child is born during a marriage or 300 days after divorce. The current purpose of this doctrine is to prevent the state welfare system from paying to support the child.

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