Category: Divorce
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Why You Should Make New Friends After Your Divorce. (Pt 1)
Divorce is a classic example of shedding the old life to start a new one. For many people, the process is painful and frightening and emotionally exhausting (which is entirely understandable) but provides new opportunities for growth and change. Many people look forward, beyond their divorce processes, imagining themselves free of an old life that…
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Wondering About Mediation in Your Divorce? We’ve Got Answers.
If you’ve heard about mediation as a way to facilitate divorce, but aren’t sure if it’s right for you, we understand your concern. Divorce is a very difficult transition in life, and so anything that might make the process easier would be hugely beneficial. But in that same token, anything that might make it harder…
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Can They Make my Kids Testify at my Divorce Trial?
In a word – yes. Children are allowed to provide witness testimony at trials, even divorce trials. But the reality is that you should avoid having your child testify at your divorce trial at all costs! Aside from the incredible stress involved for a child who is expected to get up in front of the…
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Do Married People Cheat Because They’re Unhappy? Or Because They’re Bored? (Pt 2)
Welcome back. We’ve been talking about the reasons people cheat on their spouses, and the answers may be somewhat surprising to you. Or maybe they won’t. (You might be more in tune with human nature than you give yourself credit for!). Either way, in the previous article we looked at some of the more common…
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Do Married People Cheat Because They’re Unhappy? Or Because They’re Bored? (Pt 1)
It’s a legitimate question, and one that we’ve been asked a surprising number of times over the years, despite the fact that we couldn’t possibly have all the answers about infidelity. (We’re lawyers, after all, not marriage experts.) But with enough people wondering about what causes someone to cheat, we thought we’d spend a little…
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If You’re Getting Out of an Abusive Marriage, Make Sure You Get Help! (Pt 2)
Hello and welcome back. We’ve been talking about people who’ve suffered trauma in the wake of an abusive marriage, but because of the trauma, they aren’t able to move on after the divorce. In these cases it’s very important to seek out professional help. In our previous article we talked about what Post Traumatic Stress…
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If You’re Getting Out of an Abusive Marriage, Make Sure You Get Help! (Pt 1)
For many people whose marriages are unhappy or unfulfilling, the end of the marriage means the end of the frustrations that plagued them. But for people who’ve been in abusive relationships, divorce doesn’t signal the end of the trauma. While contact with their abusive spouse is (hopefully) at an end, the emotional, psychological and sometimes…
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Want Your Marriage to Last a Lifetime? Follow These Simple Tricks… (Pt 2 )
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again. We’ve been talking about the difficulties that people face in keeping a marriage intact. While no one plans to get divorced when they’re walking down the aisle, it certainly seems to happen more often than anyone expects. But can it be avoided? Are there things we could…
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Want Your Marriage to Last a Lifetime? Follow These Simple Tricks… (Pt 1)
No one gets plans a marriage with a divorce in mind. No one walks down the aisle, dressed to the nines and ready to celebrate their big day, while planning which items they’re going to take with them when it all comes crashing down. (At least, no one should! There probably are a few people…
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Are Divorce Records Really Public in Michigan?
We live in a time when the issue of privacy is very big, and people have very strong feelings on the subject. One the one hand, we tend to ‘live out loud’ online, sharing everything from our moment-to-moment thoughts and feelings, to all of our meals, purchases, and vacation destinations. And yet, for all that…