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As its name suggests, an order of protection primarily protects victims of domestic abuse, whether physical harm, bodily injury, sexual abuse or threats, from any further harm by restricting contact with their abuser. But if the victim and the abuser have a child...

If you married someone who already had a child and their ex-spouse is no longer in the picture, something you might consider doing is adopting their child as your own. This can be an excellent way to give your stepchild a stable home and to make sure that you have the...

Spousal support, also known as alimony, can serve a crucial purpose following the divorce. It can provide a financial lifeline to the financially strained ex-spouse while allowing them to transition into financial independence once the divorce has been finalized. ...

While no one likes to contemplate the possibility of divorce before they even take that walk down the aisle to marry, a little pragmatism goes a long way later should your marriage wind up on the rocks. While we have dealt with prenups and postnups in our blog before,...

If you’re an unmarried person considering adopting a child, you’re far less of an anomaly than you would have been several decades ago. Single parent adoption isn’t just for celebrities. More and more, people are deciding that they want a child more than they want to...

A lot of people hate their names. After all, a name is something that’s usually handed to you right after you are born, so it isn’t like anybody asked your permission before hanging it on you. That causes a lot of people to grow up with names that they feel ill-suited...