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Although divorce rates are decreasing across the nation, an interesting trend is emerging: divorce rates among baby boomers are on the rise. This group alone, composed of individuals ranging in age from their late forties to late sixties, is now responsible for one in four divorces.
This rate continues to grow, and women claim to initiate over 66 percent of these divorces, according to a survey conducted by AARP.
What is fueling the increase? Experts speculate this empowered generation of women famous for shattering social mores in the past is prepared to do it again, all in the pursuit of happiness.
Factors Contributing to Divorce Among Boomer Women
Researchers found traditional moral taboos against divorce no longer held troubled marriages together; instead children were serving as the glue. Once baby boomer women become empty nesters, they often take a step back and reevaluate their marriages.
An increasing rate of these boomer women are not happy with what they see. They often have careers and feel financially secure enough to walk away from an unsatisfying relationship.

To see more: http://knowledgebase.findlaw.com/kb/2012/Feb/498510.html

Divorce affects everyone; even the superheroes of the silver screen.  Nearly a year and a half after Scarlett Johansson’s divorce from Ryan Reynolds, she opened up in the May issue of Vogue Magazine on her private marriage and equally private divorce.  “It was devastating. It really throws you. You think that your life is going to be one way, and then, for various reasons or whatever, it doesn’t work out.”

While it does take some time, there is light at the end of the tunnel.  Scarlett comments that her work in the movie We Bought a Zoo was comforting; something needed to begin the healing process.  She has been dating Sean Penn.  So fear not, this may just be an opportunity for you to learn more about yourself and perhaps find the person who truly completes you.

To read more: http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/scarlett-johansson-back-in-stride/#1

A child support order tells the parents what they must do to support their children. Enforcing child support orders means getting the parent to do what the order says.
The amount of child support is based on guidelines defined in Florida law. Child support guidelines are standards used to figure out the support needed for a child and the amount a parent has to pay. Guidelines help make sure support amounts are fair. Every state has guidelines, but they may be different in each state.
These guidelines are used the first time child support is ordered and every time the child support amount changes. They are also used to review the order to see if the support amount should be changed.
Child support guidelines consider:

• The income of both parents
• The child’s health care and child care costs
• The standard needs for the child. A list of support amounts based on the child’s age and net income of the parents is in the Florida law – standard needs table.

for additional info click here:  http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/childsupport/guidelines.html

Any couple who brings personal or business assets to the marriage can benefit from a prenup. The most basic of these contracts lists an inventory of premarital assets that in the event of a divorce will remain the property of their original owner.
“Prenups are good because they preserve the expectations of the parties and prevent surprises in a divorce trial,” says attorney Bob Nachshin, a partner in family law firm Nachshin & Langlois LLP in Los Angeles, and co-author of “I Do, You Do … But Just Sign Here: A Quick and Easy Guide to Cohabitation, Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements.” “In my 34 years of practice, I’ve never seen a prenuptial agreement that wasn’t enforced by the court.”

Read more:  http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44209184/ns/today-money/t/signing-prenup-case-i-do-becomes-i-dont/

Is your company adoption-friendly? The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is compiling its annual list of companies that provide the best adoption benefits across the U.S.

Establishing Legal Paternity

Paternity is Fatherhood

• Get a child support order
• Get a court order for visitation or custody
• Have a say in legal decisions about the child