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I’m Afraid my ex is Going to Kidnap Our Child! What Can I do? (Pt 1)
When you hear the term “kidnapping”, most parents tend to think about traffickers who snatch kids from playgrounds, or the people in certain South American countries who steal children from wealthy families and then ransom them back for millions of dollars. It sounds terrible, but like something that happens to other families – families who…
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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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Sometimes The System Fails Parents – And The Price Kids Pay is Very High! (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again. As we mentioned in the previous article, the judicial system is not perfect. Judges are human beings with biases and life experiences that affect their perspectives, which in turn impacts the decisions they make in court. Since most judges today grew up in an era when moms…
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Sometimes The System Fails Parents – And The Price Kids Pay is Very High! (Pt 1)
The last 100 years have seen huge social changes when it comes to human rights. Women, children, people of color, the LGBTQ community – there is no end to the positive changes that have occurred in recent decades when it comes to awareness of people’s rights, and knowing how they should be treated. But it’s…
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What Michigan Parents Need to Know About Interstate Custody.
Most Michigan parents who get divorced have to deal with the frustrations of custody agreements and parenting time orders at some point or another. But very few of them ever have to deal with the complexities of interstate custody – that is, figuring out a custody agreement that takes into account parents who live in…
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