Philadelphia Family Law and Workers' Compensation Law Blog

Not all adoptions involve children who are the same race as their adoptive parents. When the child and parents are different races, the adoption is known as a transracial adoption. These types of adoptions have some very unique challenges that must be fully addressed both during the adoption process and also after.

One thing that you have to remember is that your culture isn't necessarily the child's culture. You might consider findng ways to help him or her learn about his or her heritage in order to feel complete. Children may develop a better sense of self by embracing customs to which they feel a connection.

During your marriage, your focus was on the relationship. You may have let some others fall by the wayside while you were trying to build and strengthen your home life. Now that you are going through a divorce, it is time to rebuild the social life that you neglected.

You must remember that the goal of your social life is to build friendships, not to jump right back into a relationship. After a divorce, you need time to focus on yourself. This means that you will have to balance work, maintaining a home, kids, and your personal interests.

Prenuptial agreements used to be contracts executed almost solely by the very rich, influential and famous. As the rate of divorce has increased over the decades, however, more people from typical homes are considering prenuptial agreements a necessary component of any potential marriage. After all, it reduces the risk of total financial devastation in the event of a divorce in the future. Some couples spend tens of thousands of dollars to split up their lives and assets.

A prenuptial agreement can protect both future spouses from the financial expense and strain of a protracted, contentious divorce. If you are recently engaged, you may not want to think about the potential of your marriage ending. That isn't a fun conversation to have with your fiance, but it is an important one.

You might think that you only need to make one child support payment with each check and then you are done with your financial obligation to your children. This isn't the case. You likely will need to help cover other financial aspects of raising the children. Your exact responsibilities are included in your child support order. Knowing what is included and what you need to do is very important so you do not risk any contempt of court.

Your child's medical bills, for instance, might be a considerable cost beyond the basic support order. Typically, one parent is responsible for carrying medical insurance for the child. This will cover some of the bills, but the court order will also provide for the payment of any uninsured expenses and co-pays. Alternatively, you and your ex can agree on terms on your own, which might include dividing all these expenses evenly.