News of Britney Spears’s conservatorship is flooding both newsfeeds and social media feeds alike. Her story also has many people asking, “what is a conservatorship?” Britney’s conservatorship is incredibly unique: there are massive sums of money involved, and Britney seems to be able to take care of herself. Because of…
A disquieting 48% of both men and women have experienced some form of emotional abuse. Yet, we often tend to downplay the seriousness of emotional abuse; some people will even try to deny its existence. However, if the numbers are to be believed, emotional abuse is not only real, it’s…
Late-in-life divorce is becoming an increasingly common trend. Though it’s still less common than divorce in short-term marriages, it’s a process that, every year, leaves thousands of couples overwhelmed and perplexed. Divorces occurring after decades of marriage can often be more complicated and contentious than divorces occuring after a short…
Late-in-Life Divorce: How Is It Different from Other Types of Separations? More and more people are filing for divorce later in life. In fact, people over 50 are divorcing twice as often as they were thirty years ago. Wrapping your head around a divorce can be an extremely difficult and…
Financial abuse is present in 99% of emotionally abusive and physically abusive relationships. Yet, it seems like nobody is talking about it, and many people don’t even know what financial abuse is. Simply put, financial abuse is when your significant other uses your finances, shared or otherwise, as a means…
If you think being married to a narcissist is hard, then just wait until you divorce one. You need to prepare yourself with all the information you can to best be able to navigate the divorce. The good news is that there are tips and tricks that can help. And…
It’s probably not too surprising to most that law is a very male-dominated field. In the United States, only 7.2% of women worked full-time in a male-dominated occupation in 2018. And there is no exception to the statistic regarding full-time lawyers in Utah. Due to the major disparity in Utah,…
Alienation of affection is a civil lawsuit that you can file if you believe that someone was the main cause of your spouse cheating on you, therefore destroying the confines and sanctity of your marriage. There are only a few states that allow for these types of lawsuits, with Utah…
Even though I am a divorce attorney, I am not pro-divorce. I am still optimistic about love and marriage and am hopeful that many marriages are still for “til death do us part.” Therefore, the news of Bill and Melinda Gates divorcing was heartbreaking and shocking. It’s not really surprising…
If there has been anything we have learned this past year, it’s the reminder that loneliness is not fun. Loneliness from family, from friends, from the things we love. There has not been anything easy about this year, and the tragedies just keep piling up from it. As a divorce…
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