Portland & Multnomah County Divorce Attorney Blog

Last March, we posted about how the new tax law could affect divorce proceedings in Oregon. Now that the law takes effect in a few weeks, it is helpful to take a closer look at how the changes to [...]

As part of the struggle for full legal and social rights for the transgender community, transgender parents are fighting to protect their relationships with their children in the face of custody [...]

When it comes to a procedure as emotionally trying as divorce, it pays to know the facts about how the legal process actually works. It pays to be discerning about the information you get on the [...]

Until marriage equality became the law of the land in 2015, generations of same-sex couples never faced the same financial issues as married heterosexual couples. Some high-income-earning [...]

Premarital agreements, also called prenuptial agreements (“prenups”), used to carry a certain stigma, seeming to indicate that those who signed one already had one foot out the door. However, as [...]

As spring arrives, the divorce rate soars. According to data collected between 2001 and 2015, online searches for the terms “divorce” and “child custody” steadily rise in the first few months of [...]

For decades, researchers have been intrigued by studying factors that seem to make marriages last and discovering those that contribute to an eventual divorce or separation. However, most of [...]

While a divorce can be difficult, the passing of the recent tax bill could make the process even more challenging to navigate in the near future. When the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was signed [...]

According to marriage counselors and industry experts, financial disagreements are a top reason that couples seek counseling or eventually decide to divorce. When partners do not share the same [...]

Divorce is rarely an unemotional or even enjoyable experience for the vast majority of people. Most times, the entire family feels as though a war is being waged on the home front. It can be [...]