Online Dating: Less Likely to Divorce If You Met Your Spouse Online?

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Early Study Reveals Online Dating Sites Among Best Meeting Place For Marital Bliss

online datingA few recently published studies have explored the new developments in the field of online dating and online dating sites.  These studies have shown that, more often than not, couples who meet on these sites are more likely to stay together and are generally happier than couples who meet offline.   Below we’re going to break these studies down, go into the numbers a bit, and then detail any of the critiques that may be relevant to the recent studies.

Harris Poll Study On Online Dating

One study published in the Journal of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, involved contacting 20,000 recently married individuals.  Of these individuals, 35% met through an online dating website. (That’s 7,000!)  About 20 percent of online meetings happened through a social networking site such as Facebook or Twitter, and about 15 percent of those meetings happened through instant messaging, email or a chat room. The study also goes on to detail the percentage of marriages that fall apart by couples who met online, and the percentage of … Read More... “Online Dating: Less Likely to Divorce If You Met Your Spouse Online?”

College Expenses: The Impact Of Student Loan Debt On Your Child

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The ABC’s of College Loans – Plan How To Pay For College!

collegeCollege tuition has risen drastically in the past 15 years.  In 1980, a public university cost around $2,000 a year for just tuition.  The average in 2010 is at $8,085 and continuing to rise at a rate of almost 4-5% a year.  With these rising costs, one would be surprised to notice the drastic increase in college applicants.  Today, nearly 1 in 3 young adults have a bachelor’s degree, and nearly 70% of young adults have some sort of college experience.  This increase in college tuition and applicants has led to a large accumulation of student loans.   Below, we’re going to take a look at some hypothetical scenarios, and some recent developments in legislation that can affect the future of new students and can have significant impacts on the choices they make.

First, we will take a look at what FAFSA is, and what it can tell you.

  • FAFSA is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
  • FAFSA, like the acronym states, is FREE.  Never pay someone to complete your FAFSA for you.
  • One of
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Child Abuse and the Penalties for False Reporting

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False Allegations Of Child Abuse Can End Up In Civil, Criminal, Or Juvenile Courts

child abuseThe Jerry Sandusky criminal trial is over; the civil lawsuits are in active settlement mode. Undoubtedly, the entire country is more tuned into child abuse than it ever was. The National Conference of State Legislatures reports that about 105 bills on the reporting of suspected child abuse and neglect have been introduced in 2012 legislative sessions in 30 states and the District of Columbia. All of them include a penalty for failing to report suspected child abuse.

Oregon is one of the states which recently enacted child abuse reporting legislation. It added to the list of mandated reporters any employee or volunteer of an organization providing child-related services or activities, any employee of a higher education institution, and any coach, assistant coach or trainer of child athletes and any individual who provides guidance, instruction or training in youth development activities and youth camps.

Overlooked in the wake of this new awareness is the sad reality of false allegations of child abuse. There is no disputing that child abuse is a serious and … Read More... “Child Abuse and the Penalties for False Reporting”

Divorce: How Employment Affects Men’s and Women’s Decisions to Divorce

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Divorce, Employment And Marriage – An Analysis

divorceStudies have often attempted to examine the intricate details of divorce by indicating what causes it, which party causes it and how can it be prevented.  Below is an analysis of the National Institution of Health’s study by Liana C.  Sayer of The Ohio State University about how the changing spectrum of society can affect marriages.  First, we’ll review two theories, then compare these and evaluate an opinion based off of these theories.

Institutional Perspective

The study on divorce and employment is broken into two theories, the first of which is considered the “Gendered Institutional” theory.  This theory seeks to classify marriage as it has been traditionally, where the male is often the breadwinner and the female is often the caretaker of the home and children. This view is often referred to as the codified version of marriage (as most states don’t allow same-sex marriage).  This is a very traditional view on marriage as it looks to shifting of these roles since the 1980’s.

Prior to the 1990’s, female employment in the market was still considerably low.  Men dominated the … Read More... “Divorce: How Employment Affects Men’s and Women’s Decisions to Divorce”

Computer Cybercrime Legislation: Spillover Tendencies

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How Computer Cyber Security Laws Can Impact Family Disputes Differently From State To State

computerWith the recent buzz surrounding computer cyber communications and email hacking, one should be informed on the general principles and laws of their state.   These laws have come about due to the recent explosion in email hacking, bank hacking, and corporate espionage that have plagued the telecommunication industry in recent years.  An attempt to curb these crimes has led to adoption and passing of harsh penalties that accompany the acts.

The harsh penalties that accompany these laws have the capability to cause “collateral damage.”  That is, damage to individuals whom the laws are not meant to injure.  These cases, such as the ongoing case in Michigan, often involve family disputes.  Let’s take a look…

Walker v. Walker

Facts to understand:  Leon Walker began to suspect his wife of cheating on him.  Acting on this suspicion, he accessed his wife’s email without first obtaining her consent to see if his suspicions were warranted.  He states that he accessed these emails because he was worried that his wife’s ex-husband (whom he believed was the … Read More... “Computer Cybercrime Legislation: Spillover Tendencies”

Legacy Trust: A Premarital Planning Tool

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Estate Planning Specialist, Joseph Balmer, digs deeper into the new Ohio Legacy Trust Law Act, and reveals how it can be used as a protection tool in the area of Family Law.

legacy trustEffective March 27, 2013, the Ohio Legacy Trust Act became law.  With the passage of this act, Ohio became one of 14 states to allow self-settled trusts.  Ohio also, arguably, has one of the 4 or 5 strongest legacy trust act laws with respect to protecting one’s assets against creditors.  This repeals the long held English rule that one cannot set up a trust for himself or herself and protect his/her assets against one’s potential future creditors.

In a nutshell, with a Legacy Trust, a settlor can set up an irrevocable trust with a third party as the trustee.  The unique aspect of this trust is that, generally, a settlor’s creditors cannot attach trust property, even if the settlor is a trust beneficiary (both income and principle) and has retained powers over the trust property.  The caveat is that the trust settlement cannot be a fraudulent transfer.  Thus the transfer cannot be with the … Read More... “Legacy Trust: A Premarital Planning Tool”

Divorce: Welcome to the Roller Coaster!

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How To Ride Out The Roller Coaster Of Emotions During The Pain Of Divorce

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Nothing toys with our emotions like the break-up of a relationship. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross describes the six stages of grief as:

  1. Shock
  2. Denial
  3. Bargaining
  4. Anger
  5. Sadness
  6. Acceptance

When one is going through divorce, add another feeling: FEAR.   During divorce, it is possible to feel all of these things at the same time. This deluge of emotions can complicate how the person sees, thinks and feels about the issues thus distorting their perspective when faced with a mountain of decisions.

In contrast to the above list, here are a few more (sometimes surprising) feelings people going through divorce may experience:

  • Relief
  • Joy
  • Empowerment
  • Exhilaration
  • Freedom

“Am I going crazy? How can I feel all these things, many of them conflicting at the same time?” divorcing clients often ask. No, you are not going crazy. You are going through transition. Your life is changing. A transformation is occurring. These feelings are normal.

Your feelings will change frequently, sometimes in a day, sometimes in a matter of minutes. Think of the process as a roller coaster … Read More... “Divorce: Welcome to the Roller Coaster!”

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