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  Divorce. It’s often preceded by infidelity. Lawyers.com Editor-in-Chief Larry Bodine provides some basic tips on how you can tell if your husband is cheating on you. Here are actions you can take without hiring a private eye. There’s usually a multiplicity of trails that can lead an investigating spouse to the tell-tale signs of infidelity. Today’s social media and electronic communications are often areas where people reveal their cheating ways.  While Lawyers.com does not necessarily advocate snooping into your husband’s …

Unexplained absences, furtive phone calls, mysterious credit card charges — there are all kinds of clues that a spouse may be having an affair. However, one piece of detective work that partners who think they’ve been cuckolded should not undertake is to intercept their spouse’s electronic communications, or stick a GPS transmitter on his or her car. With a plethora of technological options making it ever-easier to catch cheating lovers in the act, suspicious spouses need beware of taking the …

A Florida woman who made headlines for leaving her husband and children to join Occupy Wall Street last year has received $85,000 from her now-ex in a divorce settlement. Stacey Kessler, now 39, was featured in the New York Post last November when she was arrested for blocking a street during Occupy protests in the Manhattan. The paper noted that Kessler had left behind her husband and four children to become a part of the protest at Zucotti Park. Before …

A divorce decree addresses, among other things, division of both the assets and debts accrued during the course of a marriage. This includes credit card debt. Credit card companies, however, are not bound by divorce decrees. Unless you are careful right from the moment you decide to separate, you can end up being liable for credit card debt incurred by your ex. Experts recommend that divorcing couples exit the marriage with no joint debt.   Joint Credit Card Accounts Although …

Brian France, CEO of NASCAR and one of the most powerful — and wealthiest — figures in sports, is asking a North Carolina court to seal the records of his divorce settlement to keep its details secret. The records of court proceedings are usually a matter of public record and can only be sealed in certain circumstances.  Ironically Brian France’s efforts have attracted the attention of the media, and we do know some details about the legal wrangling between the …