During a divorce, disputes can arise between you and your spouse when determining how to divide your property. Since Louisiana uses a community property system, it is important to learn how to distinguish community property and separate property. This is because...
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Dividing retirement accounts and pensions in divorce
Retirement savings often hold the greatest value in a divorce. Couples build these accounts over many years and these funds can shape financial stability long after the marriage ends. Because of this, Louisiana courts closely review how to divide 401(k)s, pensions,...
What’s the process for ending a Louisiana covenant marriage?
Most Louisiana residents who are in a covenant marriage never anticipated when they chose this type of marriage that they might one day be divorcing. After all, covenant marriage (which is an option couples can currently choose in only a few states) is intended to be...
Not all property is subject to division during divorce
When people divorce, they have to separate their resources and financial obligations. The property division process requires concessions from both spouses or sometimes the input of a family law judge. People generally need to divide their assets in an appropriate...
Splitting the bills: Understanding marital debt division in Louisiana
Divorce is challenging – you must make many critical decisions throughout the process. One of these involves dividing your marital property. A potential property division wrinkle many fail to foresee? You must divide your marital debt as well. Here are a few...
The top reasons for gray divorce
On the whole, divorce rates have been declining in recent years. However, there is one exception to this- gray divorces. Gray divorce involves couples over the age of 50. These are couples that may be at the end of their careers and have completed their parental...
Signs that a marriage might be in trouble
In the beginning, marriage can be very exciting. Couples often feel like they are on cloud nine on their wedding day and in the immediate months after. Nonetheless, married life isn’t always plain sailing, and conflict can arise. All couples have their ups and downs,...
What to do about a toxic spouse in a divorce
If you are going through a divorce and your Louisiana spouse is creating a great deal of conflict, this can add a number of significant challenges to the process. This is often referred to as a toxic divorce, and it is usually a one-sided situation in which one...
What are the odds that you’ll get divorced?
There is an urban legend that suggests half of all marriages in Louisiana will eventually come to an end. However, the truth is that no one knows what the true divorce rate in the United States is. This is because there are different methods that researchers have used...
How divorce is different for LGBTQ couples
New data suggests that lesbian couples are more likely to get divorced than same-sex male couples. If you're a Louisiana resident and need to know more about family law as it pertains to same-sex marriages, here is some important information to consider. Divorce rates...