What' s the worst mistake you ever made? For a lot of people, the answer to that question involves their divorce. They settled for too little. They fought for too long. They didn't understand how their actions would end up affecting their children. They didn't realize that the legal mistakes they made during their divorce could haunt them for years, and sometimes for decades, afterwards.The good news is, you don't have to make the same... [...]
A man was arrested Sunday in the deaths of two women and three young girls whose bodies were found in a Central California home, including his young daughter and her mother.
Martin Martinez, 30, from Modesto, where the bodies were found Saturday, was detained about 80 miles away on Sunday in San Jose early Sunday and booked into a Santa Clara County jail on suspicion of murder.
Martinez had a past romantic relationship with one of the women,... [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — The Supreme Court's ruling last month legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide has left Americans sharply divided, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that suggests support for gay unions may be down slightly from earlier this year.
The poll also found a near-even split over whether local officials with religious objections should be required to issuemarriage licenses to same-sex couples, with 47 percent saying that... [...]
If you're a couple who's new to raising stepkids, you'll quickly realize that the task is pretty much like parenting on steroids.
To help you get through some of the initial hiccups of blended family life, we called on HuffPost Divorce bloggers and our Facebook community to share their tried-and-true advice. See what they had to say below, then add your best advice in the comments.
1. Don't suggest that your step-kids "just call you dad" or... [...]
Laws have been changing around pet issues for several years now, with courts, and pet owners, increasingly treating pets like family rather than like property in divorce proceedings. I'm in full support, as you can imagine, having my pup, Huckleberry, as a big reminder that pets are people, too.Across the U.S., it's mattering less and less whose name is on the dog owner's certificate, if indeed you have one, because pets aren't subject to the... [...]
