Parenting before, during, and divorce litigation By Braxton Mounteer, Legal Assistant

Divorce is already hard enough on the parties involved, but it is even harder on the children of the recently separated family. I speak as a child of divorce, who…

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How Many Children in the U.S. Experience Divorcing Parents? Does Anyone Have the Statistics?

About half. Utah Family Law, LC | divorceutah.com | 801-466-9277 https://www.quora.com/How-many-children-in-the-US-experience-divorcing-their-parents-Does-anyone-have-the-statistics/answer/Eric-Johnson-311  

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Which is more difficult for children: parents getting a divorce or parents getting an annulment?

Both result in Mom and Dad no longer living together with their children. Divorce ends a marriage, and annulment results in a legal and religious ruling that the marriage does…

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My estranged father keeps asking me for money, what do I do?

My parents are divorced, my father has no savings, he didn't work for the entire period of their marriage, we were estranged for a while and now we are back,…

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Is appointing a guardian ad litem helpful in custody cases?

Is appointing a guardian ad litem a positive tool to help with custody cases?  [I will respond to your question based upon my experience with guardians ad litem in Utah,…

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How did your parents’ divorce when you were a child affect your adult life?

My parents did not divorce, but I base my answer to this question on the experiences of my clients, whether it be how their own children reacted to their divorce…

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