Updated 30 January 2020 In a divorce where minor children are involved, the one area of the divorce settlement is a maintenance agreement, wherein the amount of maintenance payable as child support and the method of payment is described. Child maintenance calculations are often hotly debated after the final divorce and as time goes on, owing to […]
Nowadays divorce has become part of life and in most schools many children realise that they are not the only ones whose parents are divorced but does this mean that children have adapted well to divorce? Children are interesting and parents forget that they too were children. This means to say that being secretive and confiding […]
Child custody battles is a process in which a judge decides who gains custody of children, during a divorce. Often when a couple decides to divorce, children are involved if the parents are not communicating with each other, a judge decides who will gain custody. Child custody battles involve minor children; they are under 18 […]
Statistically, divorce rates are escalating, couples around the world are resorting to divorce as a solution to their problems. Children are often caught in between and each age group is affected differently, in this case, how does divorce affect teenagers? Teenagers are at a difficult age, where they are transforming from children into adults. It […]
Children who, unfortunately, have to experience their parents’ divorce suffer from a variation of effects. Not all children experience the same effects and there are many factors which influence the extent to which each child suffers. The following are the five most common consequences that occur when a child’s parents get divorced. Heartache and Grief […]
For many children who experience divorce, it is the most devastating, depressing and unhappy time of their lives. Many people – especially parents and loved ones – fear for the child’s overall health and wellbeing. Extensive research has gone into determining the effect of divorce on children. The effects depend on a number of factors, […]
