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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…
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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…
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How do I Help my Kids Work Through my Divorce? (Pt 3)
Hi there, welcome back and thanks for joining us again. We’ve been looking at all the different tools and strategies available to parents these days, whose kids need help working through the divorce. It can be a very challenging time for a family, and kids seem to have the hardest time. But you’re not alone,…
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How do I Help my Kids Work Through my Divorce? (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again. We’ve been talking about the tools and strategies that divorcing parent have available to them, to help their kids cope with the whole process. Because let’s be real – it’s hard. It’s hard on parents and it’s hard on kids. Which is why you need all the…
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How do I Help my Kids Work Through my Divorce? (Pt 1)
We get asked this a lot by parents who are planning a divorce, or caught up in the middle of a messy one. It’s a common concern that moms and dads have, and it should be – divorce is very hard on kids and they rarely come out the other side unchanged. But that doesn’t…
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Are You in Danger of Having Your Parental Rights Terminated in Michigan (Part 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been talking about what it means to have your parental rights terminated in Michigan, specifically what’s involved in the process and what you can expect. In the previous article, we looked at what you should do if CPS shows up and takes your kids away, what you…
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Are You in Danger of Having Your Parental Rights Terminated in Michigan (Part 1)
As attorneys who do a lot of family law, and a lot of CPS defense, we work with many parents who are at risk of having their parental rights terminated. Sometimes it’s a child abuse case that starts as a CPS investigation and grows to include the cops and criminal charges. Sometimes it’s a high…
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Why Cheating on a Cheating Spouse Sabotages Marriage Recovery
Last week we looked at why cheating on an unfaithful spouse is actually a pretty rotten idea, and why it doesn’t work when you’re looking to ‘get even.’ In fact, as we explained, you’re a lot more likely to end up getting divorced if you cheat as well (although there are probably quite a few…
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Should You Get Revenge on a Cheating Spouse by Cheating on Them?
It’s a pretty common human trait to want to get back at people when they’ve hurt or betrayed us in some way. It may not be the mature or responsible thing to do, but you’d be hard pressed to find someone who hasn’t at least entertained the idea of ‘getting even’ when they’ve been shamed,…
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Parental Alienation is Considered a Public Health Threat
Parental Alienation is when a child feels and expresses a very strong dislike (and sometimes even hatred) for one of their parents. It’s an issue that usually develops during or after a high conflict divorce, because of parental bullying and manipulation. However, it’s not the ‘hated’ parent who’s doing the bullying – it’s the other…