Key Takeaways: Only 12% of married Americans reported no stress when asked about their typical holiday season experience, while 88% reported an increased level of stress.  Managing family dynamics and obligations was the top holiday stressor reported by married Americans (45%). 59% compare their relationship to others during the holidays, with 22% feeling negatively impacted. 14% of married Americans find themselves questioning the future of their relationship more during the holiday season.  Couples who regularly skip gift exchanges were least…

Divorce is not only an ending, it’s also the beginning of a new chapter. With the fresh start of post-divorce life, it’s also a time when many newly divorced people consider making life improvements, including advancing new career goals. Depending on your circumstances, you may wish for a clean start away from the coworkers who knew you as part of a couple, or you may have worked in a business with your spouse. Perhaps you put your career on hold…

Divorcing spouses are never at their best during the divorce process and rarely immediately after their divorce. However, as the months pass and the contention of divorce is left behind, making a conscious effort to prioritize the needs of the children is the best possible way to move forward after divorce with the least amount of emotional damage to the children. Healthy, cooperative co-parenting is not only advisable, but it’s also possible to achieve even after an adversarial divorce. It…

No one walks down the aisle or starts a family expecting divorce in the future. Still, a significant number of marriages end in divorce. Sometimes spouses grow apart or face insurmountable relationship obstacles. When divorcing spouses share children, they have far more to consider in the divorce process than just the division of their marital assets and household goods. Divorcing a co-parent requires determining a new way forward for a family while turning one home into two. Often, divorced parents…

Experiencing the break up of a marriage is an emotionally fraught and sometimes traumatic time. Divorcing spouses may drown their sorrows or act out by enjoying late nights at popular clubs, but choosing to get behind the wheel while intoxicated is not only a crime and a danger to others, but it also can have a substantial impact on your divorce terms. But is a DUI grounds for divorce in Colorado? Legal Grounds for Divorce in Colorado Colorado is a…