Avril Lavigne has filed for divorce from Sum 41 rocker, Deryck Jason Whibley after three years of marriage. The couple were married in July 2006 and have no children together. Lavigne cited “irreconcilable differences.” The 25-year-old punk-pop singer burst to fame with her 2002 debut album “Let’s Go.” Lavigne is asking a ruling to block [...]

Afraid to Leave the Security of Marriage
Tina B. Tessina, PhD, psychotherapist and author of Money, Sex and Kids: Stop Fighting about the Three Things That Can Ruin Your Marriage (Adams Media 2008) says, “In my practice I’ve seen women stay even when he’s abusive, mean to the kids, and a cheat. In those cases, staying is most likely an indication of the woman’s fear of handling life on her own.” Vikki Ziegler, a celebrity divorce attorney who, for the past fifteen years, has been dealing with cases where women have been cheated on concurs. She says women initially stay with their cheating husbands for three reasons: money, children and security. Eventually, they can have a change of heart, which is why they end up in Vicki’s office.

Vikki’s DivorceDating.com Launch Party was a huge success, with many supportive colleagues and friends in attendance. For details, click on the links below:
The Insider – Rita Cosby and Vikki Ziegler at NYC Bash
 
Zimbio.com – Rita Cosby and Vikki Ziegler
 
Woofactor.com – Times Square Gossip
 
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Divorce will take you on an emotional roller coaster ranging from rage to grief to low self esteem and much more.  Eventually those emotions manifest themselves physically in the form of headaches, depression, ulcers and even obesity from emotionally charged eating. Regardless of your feelings and experience with divorce, what matters most is that you [...]

Admittedly, the focus on self can get a little self-absorbed after awhile. Many of us, once we’ve been day spa’d and girls-night-outed to death, like to eventually turn our attentions elsewhere. In the case of becoming a recent divorcee, you are in a unique position to help others new to your experience. Here’s how:
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Claude Thomas’s kids are asking a judge to grant their 85 year old father a divorce to a wife half his age because she is running through the family fortune. Divorce Attorney Vikki Ziegler stops by Headline News to discuss it.

Generally, where a computer is used at home by both spouses, one spouse can legally search the computer for information relevant to a divorce proceeding. However, a spouse cannot wrongfully obtain password-protected information from the computer. By way of example, a laptop which is primarily used by Husband for working at home, paying [...]

To read other answers to the question posed at the start of this series, click here.
-My advice is that marriage is a job and you both have to work at it; it’s a sharing of everything: laughs, love, disappointments, sorrow, families, friends, not always having the same interests – is a healthy aspect. Having some [...]

To read other responses to this survey click here.
-It is ok to argue and disagree. What is important is to be on the same page with the big issues, values, ideals, how to raise your children, etc. Always remember, even with the disagreements and arguments sometimes, your husband/wife is your best friend until death due [...]

This is a guest post from Elena Chambous of Morristown Financial Group:

Few events in one’s life are as traumatic and have such long lasting repercussions as divorce. If you think about it, we are expected to take control of a legal and financial case that will affect our children and ourselves for many years all [...]