Lake Charles, LA Divorce Law Blog

You have probably managed large projects of various kinds but perhaps none as stressful and expensive as your divorce. Take steps early on to keep the stress level down as well as the cost and you will weather the divorce more comfortably than you anticipated. Prepare...

Divorce can take a toll on your emotional, mental and physical health, and it may incite a period of your life where you experience feelings of depression. The National Network of Depression Centers states that during their lifetimes, one in five Americans will...

When you and your spouse decide that you no longer wish to share your lives, you are undoubtedly going to have to work through numerous issues while you disentangle your experiences from one another’s. If you share a child, you are also going to have to determine how...

Joint custody is often in the leading interests of children who have divorced parents. After all, kids tend to thrive when both parents play an active role in their care and upbringing. Nonetheless, while you may have agreed to co-parent your kids, you may not get...

If you will pay spousal support or receive it, it is important to understand how the process works. There are many factors that will affect how much the support is for, how long it lasts and whether the court will award it in your case.  There are two types of spousal...