Relationships, Romance and Dating
Archive for September 29, 2007
Love & Romance – Who Needs Them? Even on Valentine’s Day?
Sep 29th
As Valentine’s Day comes around again, the words love & romance are very much in the air. Is this just an annual blip; a commercial hiccough in the unromantic, divorce ridden Western world? Or, is there always a need for love & romance in the lives of a modern man or woman?
Having been around since the middle of the last century, I’ve witnessed some rapid social changes which would suggest that both love & romance are far less important than they once might have been. The last 50 years have seen an inexorable rise in selfishness, fed by a commercially More >
Divorce Settlements
Sep 29th
Divorce settlements may be defined as an order made by the court, affirming the terms of an agreement between the couple in a divorce. From a legal point of view, divorce settlements include child custody & support, property & debt, spousal support, pensions & retirement accounts.
In United States, each state has its own laws to determine the division of property. Division of property is done based closely on two different systems, community property & equitable distribution. Community property is property owned equally by the couple & is divided equally at divorce. The states that follow a community property system are More >
