When it comes to a wedding many people struggle for to buy the happy couple but today you have more options open to you than ever before. Many department stores now offer a service where the bride and groom can shop through the store catalogue and create their very own wedding list which is then issued to all of the wedding guests and the family before the wedding to ensure that duplicate gifts are not purchased. Wedding gifts are not only given as tokens of love but should also be useful to the bride and groom in their new married life. Gifts for the home are always greatly appreciated by the newly wed couple as these are both useful and show thought but what other gift ideas are there that can be just as appreciated and as useful to the newly wed couple? (more…)

Child support is an ongoing obligation for a payment made directly or indirectly by a non-custodial parent for the care and support of a child/children of a relationship or marriage that has broken down.

Child support is a mandatory payment in any divorce that involves minor children and just like child custody, parents have the option of settling this payment amount or taking the matter to court in which a judge will decide on the total amount that needs to be paid.

The upbringing and the development of a child is the responsibility of both parents as is the standard of living for the child. The child’s welfare should be the primary responsibility of both the parents and as a result both of the parents should be responsible for the costs involved in the raising of a child, regardless of who the child lives with. Child support could end up being paid by either the mother or the father of the child; if the mother has sole custody of the child then it will be the responsibility of the father to pay child support and vice versa.

So in order to raise the standard of living child support was brought in; however the one problem that many paying parents have with child support is that the money is given straight to the other parent and not the child. It is due to this fact that many parents often refuse to make payments as they see it as a form of alimony as oppose to child support. The only reason that the payments are made to the parent is because they need to use the money to provide their child with food and clothes as well as to cover extra items such as school equipment and educational school trips.

If you do refuse to pay child support or if the child support is significantly late then you can be sued for contempt of court. If this situation does arise then it is important that you enlist the help of an experienced attorney as they will take the necessary steps to ensure that the payments reach you in full and on time.

The amount of money that should be paid in child support varies from case to case as the circumstances of each couple are extremely different but the way in which the amount is calculated for each couple is done in the same way and is based on the following: (more…)

When a couple get married there is a huge amount of planning and preparation that goes on behind the scenes in the run up to the big day to ensure that everything runs as smoothly as possible and that every possible attention to detail is looked after. Although the overall planning that goes into the big day is a joint effort generally it is the bride that looks after the finer points of the preparation such as the flowers, the wedding cake and the decoration of the church. Even though these are relatively small things in the whole scheme of the wedding these details go to make whole occasion as special as it can possibly be and as these are things that the bride places great emphasis on they can be very stressful for her. So when it comes to decorating the church for the wedding day what can the bride do to make it look as special as possible? (more…)

The 5 financial mistakes that most couples make during a divorce procedure that could set you behind for years to come. They could easily be prevented if you read this article. (more…)

Arranging a wedding can be a stressful time for all concerned so taking as much help as possible is always advised. Prioritizing things that need to be done in order of importance is a handy tip to ensure that the most important wedding plans are carried through first and then move on to something that is not quite as popular. But all the time that the more important things are being arranged you may still have a few niggling concerns in the back of your mind, one of which is of very little importance for the over all running of the wedding but on a personal level is massively important to show your appreciation to those people closest to the bride on the big day, the bridesmaids. What choices have you open to you when choosing a gift to show your gratitude to your bridesmaids? (more…)

A wedding is usually a fantastic event with the bride and groom declaring their undying love for each other with their immediate circle of friends and family in attendance. Weddings have changed very much over the past 10-15 years with the relaxing of the rules and regulations of where a wedding ceremony can be held. A quick search on the inter web will turn up hundreds of venues all trying to tempt couples into getting married at their establishment. Depending on what kind of ceremony you are thinking of holding really depends on what venue you choose to hold your wedding at. If you are going for the more traditional wedding then the obvious choice is a church, chapel or stately country home, if you are looking at having a more relaxed wedding then you may opt for a ship or boat, a local tourist attraction or even a zoo. Obviously all of these weddings will differ from each other greatly but the sentiment will be the same for each, but depending on what the couple are looking for from the occasion will dictate where the wedding may be held. So what is the most popular type of wedding location? (more…)

Why it is critical that you make sure during your divorce judgment that a life insurance policy is obtained for the spouse that is responsible for child support and spousal support payments. (more…)

Nothing in life ever seems to get any cheaper, the older we get the more money we are supposed to earn but then we have more responsibilities and the money is washed away in education fees, family holidays, new vehicles etc. Then as we reach an age when the children are getting ready to leave school or university and we think that finally we are going to get into a situation where our money that we earn will finally be ours to spend exactly how we like we get hit with the thunderbolt that one of our children is going to be getting married, and they would like us to help pay for the event. Of all of the expenses that hit us in the pocket a wedding is the big one, other than moving house it has got to be the biggest expense that many of us will ever have to shell out for. So what measures can we take to ensure that the financial burden is as minimal as possible without looking like the wedding is being staged on a shoestring by a miser? (more…)

Putting the knowledge of 8 Pillars of everlasting relationship to work will without fail benefit you and your partner for an everlasting enjoyable relationship.

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I have come to the conclusion (and it has only taken me 50 years) that Opposites DO Attract!
Of course there has been tons of evidence of this since time began, but being from Missouri, you have to show me the donkey before I believe there is such a thing as a donkey. Anyway, I had to laugh recently when I read an article claiming that men and women should share the same hobbies, interests and in essence be the same person for love to really have a chance to grow..
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