Childcare After Divorce – WomansDivorce

A typical child support order is meant to help cover the normal expenses of raising a child, such as housing, food, and clothing. It usually doesn’t cover the cost of…

How My Dog Became an Unexpected Source of Healing

“The place of true healing is a fierce place. It’s a giant place. It’s a place of monstrous beauty and endless dark and glimmering light. And you have to work…

Please Understand – DIARIES FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Please understand how long I’ve been carrying the weight of everyone else’s issues around for, I’ve had to take on so many burdens that I did not belong to me.…

When Everything Looks Fine On The Surface – DIARIES FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

The inability to receive support from others is a trauma response. Your “I don’t need anyone” or “I’ll just do it myself” is a survival tactic. It’s needed to shield…

How is Child Support Calculated?

A question we are often asked on this site is “How is Child Support Calculated?” There is no one-size-fits-all answer to this question because it depends on where you live.  …

Just a man – DIARIES FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

This one goes out to someone I always had a lot of respect for until today. Maybe you all get caught up in the hype, I don’t know. Nether you…

The Funding Crisis for Domestic Violence Shelters: A Call to Action

Domestic violence can take any form namely psychological abuse, forced intercourse, physical aggression as well as other controlling behaviors. The negative impacts of domestic violence can have physical, mental, and…

Uninsured Medical Expenses and Child Support

Learn what uninsured medical expenses are for child support purposes and how these expenses are split.   By WomansDivorce | Answers by Brette Sember, J.D.  Many divorced parents find it challenging…

Simple Ways to Boost Your Mood on A Bad Day

We all have rough days. You know the ones – everything seems to go wrong, and you just feel stuck in a rut. It’s easy to get caught up in…

All that’s left is the sex

It’s a strange paradox when you consider how everyone around you is on this quest for happiness, yet going to great lengths to ensure they find misery and pain. Constant states…