Recent Blog Posts
Getting Your Fair Share of the Marital Property After Financial Future Faking Has Wrecked Your Marriage
When you complain to a wise elder about how someone got your hopes up, the wise elder will remind you that no one can get your hopes up unless you let them. Many divorced people are divorced because they realized too late that their expectations about the future did not match their spouses’ expectations;… Read More »
Navigating Awkward Social Situations After Divorce
Divorce increases financial stress for almost everyone, even people who were financially well off during their marriages. Adjusting to lean times, which might only become leaner in the future, is not the worst part, though. The hardest part of divorce is finding a new way to interact with people, including but not limited to… Read More »
Should You Worry About Health-Based Visa Denials for U.S. Immigration?
Every year for decades, the United States has been the destination for more immigrants than any other country on Earth, but the current administration’s policies are causing immigrants and people who hope to immigrate plenty of worries and stress. Every time you read the news, you hear about people of all visa categories and… Read More »
Daycare Is for Divorced Co-Parents, Too
Even before social media ramped up the ugliness surrounding virtually every subject of discussion, the so-called “mommy wars” raged in print journalism and on text-only online message boards accessed from desktop computers. Women who did not work outside the home shamed mothers who relied on employment income for sending their children to daycare while… Read More »
Moving Forward After an Unsuccessful Business Venture Tanks Your Marriage and Your Finances
A few weeks ago, someone who had made an unsuccessful bid for social media stardom wrote to Money Made about how to move on from this mistake. The letter writer had a cute dog who didn’t mind being dressed in costumes and photographed, so she decided to try to monetize her social media accounts… Read More »
Agreeing to Sell Your Marital Home When You Divorce Is Just the Beginning
Disagreements about whether to go the DIY route or whether to hire someone to help with a challenging project have caused conflict in many marriages. You and your spouse might not agree on whether the money you will spend hiring a new contractor is worth it for the time and stress you will save… Read More »
Husband’s Behavior Toward His Wife and the Divorce Court Leads to Steep Financial Penalties
Many couples who go through divorce resolve to have the least messy divorce possible. They compromise on things that are important to them, even if it means debts that will take them years to pay off after the divorce is final, just so their children will not have to witness a protracted conflict. Therefore,… Read More »
Lamentations of a Default Parent
If you are your children’s default parent, you are probably painfully aware of it. You know you are the default parent when your kids are sitting on the couch, watching TV with your spouse, and they call you to bring them a snack. The default parent wipes every nose, schedules every appointment, fills out… Read More »
Is Domestic Violence a Tort?
A tort is to civil law what a crime is to criminal law. When someone commits a crime, the Crown may bring charges, and if the court finds the defendant guilty, it may impose criminal penalties, such as monetary fines or imprisonment. A tort is a wrongdoing that harms a specific person or entity… Read More »
Humanitarian Visas
Canada lives up to its reputation as a country that welcomes immigrants. You can get an immigrant visa through many different channels. The main categories of immigrant visas are employment-based, family-based, and humanitarian. In other words, it is possible to get Canadian permanent residency because an employer or a family member who is a… Read More »