Belleville & Edwardsville Divorce & Family Law Blog by Stange Law Firm, PC

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in family law on Thursday, October 4, 2018. Missouri fans of Ewan McGregor may be aware that the actor and his wife of 22 years, Eve Mavrakis, announced in October 2017 that their marriage was at an end. It later emerged that the two had separated in May. Later that same year, a relationship between McGregor and actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead became public. According to court documents, McGregor and Mavrakis are now in a dispute over spousal and child support payments. McGregor has been making support payments to Mavrakis since January, but

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in family law on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. Missouri residents may have heard of a new trend in parenting after divorce called “bird nesting.” The arrangement allows the children to remain in the family home while the parents take turns living there with them. This type of child custody solution has gotten mainstream attention as the premise of the show “Splitting Up Together.” It features divorced parents who have chosen to live together with their children. One of the benefits to such an arrangement is that it doesn’t involve a lot of

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in family law on Friday, April 6, 2018. Getting divorced is difficult for most Missouri couples as it is. When parents of young children decide to end their marriage, there are a number of additional issues that might arise. They should be careful with how they handle their divorces and their children so that their kids are more likely to emerge relatively unscathed from the process. In order to help their children, parents should ask them if they feel like they are to blame for the divorce. Unfortunately, many children tend to

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in family law on Friday, March 23, 2018. Missouri residents with an eye for celebrity gossip may be interested to know Kevin Federline is seeking a bump in child support payments from pop singer Britney Spears. Federline and Spears have two children together, and he currently receives $20,000 a month from the superstar. Sources indicate his legal team put Spears on notice of his request last month in a letter sent to her father, Jamie Spears. At the time of their divorce, Spears was at a low point in her career and

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in family law on Wednesday, January 24, 2018. Many Missouri married couples may be interested to learn that the way that couples communicate could be a major predictor for divorce. One expert, for example, was able to identify four negative communication patterns that indicated that couples could soon be headed for divorce. They included contempt, criticism, defensiveness and stonewalling. Of those, contempt appeared to be the most destructive due to the fact that it indicates that one or both spouses do not respect each other. Treating each other with contempt often includes