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Trauma Bonding: Why it’s so Hard to Leave The Narcissist in Your Life (Pt 1)
Being married to a narcissist is an exercise in futility and self delusion. You tell yourself you love them so much that you just can’t let go. You blame yourself for everything that’s wrong in the relationship. You believe that if only you could do the right thing or make the right choices or say…
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Can my ex And I Both Claim The Kids as Dependents After The Divorce?
Taxes are not a fun topic. Very few people think of ‘tax time’ as ‘fun time’, outside of that nice chunk of change so many of us have come to rely on after filing our taxes. But how much you get back at the end of the fiscal year depends on a lot of factors,…
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I Think my Spouse is Hiding Assets Before The Divorce! What Can I do? (Pt 1)
Divorce is a very stressful period; we understand that. In the time leading up to the divorce, many couples struggle with anger, resentment, sadness, and frustration. So it can be natural to want to cut your soon-to-be-ex out of their portion of your finances, especially if those assets were yours before you got married. Or…
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Can I Change my Last Name in Michigan When I Get Divorced?
In short, the answer is yes, you can. And many people do. Getting divorced means legally parting ways with your spouse, and there’s no better time to get rid of their name than when you’re standing in court in front of a judge who’ll let you do it as part of the process with no…
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Navigating Marriage (And Divorce) When Your Spouse is a Narcissist (Pt 1)
Most people have heard of Narcissus, the Greek mythological character who was known for his beauty and his pride. He fell in love with his reflection in a pool and because he was unable to stop staring at his own beauty, he wasted away and died. It’s a story about arrogance and vanity, and how,…
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Help! My Ex is Trying to Poison my Child Against me! What Can I do? (Pt 1)
Toxic parenting, which can refer to several different types of emotional abuse inflicted on kids by their parents, also includes the much-misunderstood “parental alienation”. Shaming your kids, blaming them for everything (including things they didn’t do or couldn’t control), and being extremely controlling and critical are all hallmarks of toxic parenting. But the particular poison…
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Apps Designed to Make Co-Parenting Easier For Divorced Parents (Pt 1)
As if parenting isn’t hard enough already, trying to co-parent after a divorce has to be one of the hardest challenges you can tackle. (The scheduling coordination alone can feel like an impossible task!) But in this day and age, while there are loads of things to take into account, and lots of commitments to…
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How is my Michigan Family Law Case Being Handled During The Lockdown?
These are wild times. Life as we know it has come to a screeching halt, while people shelter in place and try to wait out this potentially deadly disease. But just because the new normal involves a lot of staying home, online grocery shopping, and talking to loved ones via screens, that doesn’t mean every…
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Our Top 6 Tips For a Successful Michigan Divorce (Pt 2)
Welcome back. We’ve been talking about ways to make the divorce process smoother (which anyone getting a divorce would be glad for) and sharing what we think are the top six tips for doing exactly that. We know that there are aspects of your divorce that you won’t have any control over (like your spouse’s…
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Things You Should Never Post on Social Media During Your Divorce! (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us for this chat about things you should never post online during your divorce. As we’ve mentioned many times before, once it’s online, you can never take it back, and you can’t control who sees it or how it’s used. Which means you have to be really careful about…