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Help! My Ex is Threatening me! Should I Get a Restraining Order? (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again. We’ve been discussing what kinds of behaviors are grounds for a personal protection order, and which kind of PPO you would need if the person threatening you is a current or former partner. If you’re just joining us now, we recommend you spend a moment getting…
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Help! My Ex is Threatening me! Should I Get a Restraining Order? (Pt 1)
It’s a scary situation, we get it. Your marriage was turbulent, and your divorce was nothing short of total madness. Your ex has always been an intimidating person, and now that you’ve left them and their pride is wounded, they’re being particularly nasty to you. Which is terrifying, because you have no idea if…
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The Chemistry of Fatherhood: How Men’s Brains Respond to Parenting
A lot has been written and studied on how motherhood affects a woman’s body and brain, but there is little corresponding research into the changes a man undergoes when he becomes a father. Until now… Two recent studies into the hormonal and chemical changes men experience when they become fathers has shed new light…
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Get Married? Or Live Together? Which One is Better in Michigan? (Part 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again for this discussion on the merits of living together rather than getting married. In the previous article we looked at what research has to say about ‘break up’ rates as opposed to divorce rates, and how children may be affected by their parents living together but…
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Get Married? Or Live Together? Which One is Better in Michigan? (Part 1)
We live in a time when marriage is slowly falling out of favor. People are getting married later and later in life (or not at all) and having fewer kids later in life (or none at all) At one point within our parents lifetimes people who didn’t marry in their early twenties and start…
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Social Security and Divorce: Important Facts About Eligibility
Getting older can bring a host of challenges, as certain parts of life get harder. But there are some things that we as Americans do have to look forward to (besides retirement and grandchildren), and that’s social security benefits. Retiring means a decrease in your income, and with the possibility of mounting medical bills…
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2017 Retrospective: Celebrity Divorces in Review
We’re only one month into 2018, and the divorces have already begun among the rich and famous! (Unsurprisingly, fame and fortune don’t buy you happiness!) Lena Dunham and her hubby, Jack Antonoff, are splitting up after 5 years together, and “Battlestar Galactica” star Tricia Helfer is calling it quits with her husband, Jonathan Marshall.…
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Narcissism Part One: What It Is And How To Recognize It
We get a lot of calls from people who are considering a divorce because they believe their spouse is a narcissist. This makes for a potentially complicated situation, as divorcing a narcissist comes with its own unique set of problems. With that in mind, we’d like to spend a little time discussing narcissism, what…
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What Is a MidLife Crisis? And Does It Always End in Divorce? (Part 1)
We’ve all seen it – the Hollywood depiction of a stereotypical midlife crisis. First the snazzy new sports car. Then the irrevocable impulsive acts, like quitting a job and getting a strange tattoo. And finally, the dumping of a spouse you’ve been married to for decades, and replacing them with a much younger partner.…
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A Few Basic Facts About Personal Protection Orders in Michigan
There is a lot of information out there about Personal Protection Orders. Some of it’s correct, some of it isn’t. Some of it’s correct for one state, and not for another (laws differ from state to state in the US). So for many people in Michigan who have questions about PPOs (like how to get…