Columbus Family Law Blog

One of the most difficult lessons for recently divorced people to learn is this: just because something is ordered in the divorce decree or settlement does not mean that it will happen. For example, just because the Columbus family law judge has ordered your spouse to pay $500 per month in child support per month does not mean that he or she will make those payments in full, on time, every month. And unfortunately, there may be little you can do about it, short of going back to court and seeking enforcement of that decree.

In this situation, it may be tempting to simply refuse to comply with another part of the divorce decree - parenting time, for example - in order to force your former spouse's compliance with the child support order. But that may not be a good idea, and this is why.

On our Columbus family law blog, we spend a great deal of time talking about the most contentious of divorces, when spouses are unable to reach an agreement about anything, including child custody, child and spousal support, property division and other issues relating to finances. While these contested divorces certainly happen, they are in the minority. In most cases, both spouses want to get through the divorce process quickly and with little unnecessary stress and cost.

For those latter couples, one new entrepreneurial business may help them achieve this goal. Divorce auctions are reportedly becoming more popular when neither spouse wants to keep the furniture, household goods and personal belongings, as well as among couples who are unable to decide how to divide up those items.

If you have gone through or simply started the divorce process in Ohio, you are probably aware of the financial burden that is inherent in such a split. Not only must you stretch your family income to pay for two households instead of one, but you must also find the money to pay for the legal divorce process, including court costs and fees for attorneys and other family law experts.

Although those costs can seem daunting, it is possible to make it through a divorce while still maintaining your financial stability and protecting your financial future. Here are a few tips on how to do that from Brendan Lyle, the CEO of a divorce finance company which lends money to divorcing spouses while they go through the divorce process.

It seems that any attention is good attention these days in the media. While the same-sex marriage debate continues in Ohio and nationwide, focusing on divorce may help to bring awareness to the issue. Now a bitter break-up between Melissa Etheridge and Tammy Lynn Etheridge is shedding light on the legal aspects of a same-sex divorce, highlighting the issues faced by heterosexual couples and same-sex couples alike.

Since the split, the public has learned that Tammy believes she is entitled to far more than the $23,000 she was promised to cover expenses and child support. Melissa claimed that Tammy is reckless and burned one of the children with a cigarette. The aggressive battling shows that heterosexual couples do not have a monopoly on messy break-ups.