You and your ex have made the difficult decision to split up, and you've even successfully made it through an amicable divorce and are co-parenting well. But what happens when a few years pass, and one of you starts to feel that the child support amount you previously agreed upon isn't working anymo...

If you and your soon-to-be ex have children together, they're likely to be one of the main focal points of your divorce process. Child custody determinations are often contentious, but they certainly don't have to be. If you're separating on friendly terms, it's possible to come to an agreement with...

Divorce law is rapidly evolving on the subject of fathers' rights, and the change couldn't be better timed. In past decades, American families had a uniform configuration: Dad worked all week, Mom stayed home with the kids and divorce law was slanted so heavily toward maternal custody that the phras...

Heard of it? "Nesting" is showing up in the media and pop culture more and more frequently – see articles in the New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, and mine in The New York Times; TV shows like Transparent and Billions, and the upcoming Splitting Up Together; even Kelly Ripa polled the audience...

The term "easy divorce" may seem like an oxymoron, but it is possible to end your marriage without making things difficult for you, your ex or your children. One of the best ways to do this is to keep the custody process — statistically one of the most contentious aspects of divorce — as drama-free ...