Gray Divorce

  • How will my Divorce Affect my Adult Children?

    ByGoodblatt • Leo Hours Categories Divorce, Gray Divorce

    Some couples, despite realizing that their marriages are no longer healthy, productive partnerships, put off their divorces until their children are grown, rationalizing that it would be better for their children to grow up with both of their parents in the house, rather than having to split their time between two households. Others only realize that they are no longer happy in their marriages after their children are grown and gone. Divorce affects all members of a couple’s family, including their adult children. Divorcing as a parent of adults is different from divorcing as the parent of minors and requires special considerations from all parties. Gray Divorce is On the Rise in the United States It is more common now for couples over the age…

  • Shades of Gray: When it’s Time to Walk Away

    ByGoodblatt • Leo Hours Categories Divorce, Family Law, Gray Divorce

    A couple years ago, National Public Radio (NPR) did a revealing report on a trend known as gray divorce. This is what people are calling divorces that happen late in life. As the report illustrated divorce rates among seniors have doubled in the last 20 years. Research between 1990 and 2010 shows that the same generation that changed all the rules in the 60s is now changing all the rules again. In 2010 alone, one out of four divorces involved a couple over 50 years of age. Here in Florida, a state with a large number of retired seniors, this has become a clear departure from the past. Increasingly, seniors who previously would have been seeking estate-planning advice are now talking to their Florida divorce…

  • Diamonds are Forever; Marriage Not So Much

    ByGoodblatt • Leo Hours Categories Division of Assets, Divorce, Family Law, Gray Divorce

    While we have all become quite accustomed to hearing about divorce, people tend to flinch when we talk about a recent phenomenon known as “gray divorce,” or divorces between older adults. No one likes to think about the end of a marriage, much less the end of a long marriage. However, research shows that over the past 10 years there has been a huge increase in the number of these gray divorces. When it comes to navigating the sea of complex divorce laws, an experienced central Florida divorce lawyer is always the best starting point to discuss your options. But why are older adults divorcing? Some divorce because they were unhappy for decades and simply wanted to wait until their children were raised and out…