• Can Getting a PPO on Your ex Affect Your Kids?

    When people talk about Personal Protective Orders, they tend to think in terms of the abuser, and the victim. But they don’t often consider how that process affects the children – and it does! Children, who rarely have any control over their situations in life, are directly impacted by the choices their parents make. Whether…

  • It’s Your First Summer Since The Divorce. So What Now? (Pt 2)

    Welcome back – we’ve been talking about some of the challenges newly single parents when that first summer rolls around since the divorce. As parents, you’ve already got a lot to think about, and now there are three months of no school to deal with!. In the previous article we looked at some cheaper vacation…

  • It’s Your First Summer Since The Divorce. So What Now? (Pt 1)

    For people moving on in life after a divorce, they tend to encounter a lot of ‘firsts’ as they work to restructure their new life. The first Christmas since the divorce. You’re child’s first birthday since the divorce. And as we head into the month of June – the first summer since the divorce. It…

  • The Weirdest Reasons People Filed For Divorce! (Pt 2)

    Welcome back! We’ve been talking about some of the less common reasons people end their marriages, and this list will likely leave you laughing out loud (or at least grinning to yourself.) After all, it’s not everyday that you hear about a woman who left her husband because he didn’t enjoy her favorite movie! Or…

  • The Weirdest Reasons People Filed For Divorce! (Pt 1)

    Most divorces happen for pretty standard reasons – the couple isn’t happy together anymore, one of them cheated, or there’s some kind of abuse happening in the relationship. But while those might be the most common reasons why people choose to split up, they certainly aren’t the only reasons. In fact, there are all sorts…

  • Should You Get Remarried in Later Life? (A Breakdown of The Financial Concerns.)

    If you’ve been giving some thought to the idea of getting married again as a senior, you already know there are a lot of things you need to consider first. The pros and cons of getting married or remarried later in life are significant, especially if you’ve already survived a divorce and don’t want to…

  • Ways Your ex Can Alienate You From Your Kids’ Lives After a Divorce (Pt 2)

    Hi there, and welcome back. We’ve been discussing the issue of parental alienation, and how your ex can manipulate your kids into changing their minds about how they feel for you. It sounds inconceivable, but it happens more often than you’d believe, and the results are truly tragic. In the previous article we discussed the…

  • Ways Your ex Can Alienate You From Your Kids’ Lives After a Divorce (Pt 1)

    If you follow our blog, then you’re already familiar with the reality of toxic parenting, and parental alienation syndrome (sometimes also called “malicious mother syndrome” or “malicious parent syndrome”) In essence, it’s when a child feels and expresses a very strong dislike (which can even manifest as hatred) for one of their parents, as a…

  • Should I Stay or Should I go? Is Your Marriage Savable, or is it Time to File For Divorce? (Pt 2)

    Thanks for joining us again for this chat about marriages that can be saved, and marriages that aren’t. Part of the difficulty is being able to tell the difference, which can be tricky when you’re in the trenches, struggling along during a difficult patch in your relationship. As divorce attorneys who’ve spent years talking to…

  • Should I Stay or Should I go? Is Your Marriage Savable, or is it Time to File For Divorce? (Pt 1)

    Many people in unhappy marriages have asked themselves that question at some point or another, but the answers are rarely as straightforward as we’d like. Relationships are complicated, and especially if you’ve been with your spouse for many years, it can be very hard to end your marriage and start all over again. Over the…