• When Your Kids Need Therapy After The Divorce, But They Don’t Want to go! (Pt 1)

      Therapy is tough. In order for therapy to be successful, the person participating needs to be open to talking about uncomfortable subjects, feeling vulnerable, and displaying very personal emotions. It’s hard, even for adults, and so it can feel practically impossible for kids. Especially when they can’t see the long-term benefits, and it feels…

  • Modern Technology Provides Tools For Spousal Abuse (Part 2)

      Hello and welcome back to this discussion about modern technology and it’s increasing role in domestic abuse. As we mentioned in the previous article, every part of life today is facilitated in some capacity by modern technology. And while these developments have made life more convenient, they have also allowed basic, everyday items to…

  • Modern Technology Provides Tools For Spousal Abuse (Part 1)

    Modern technology had provided us with countless great benefits that make almost every aspect of life easier. From GPS, smart phones and robotic surgery, to space travel, instant messaging and online marketing, every part of life today is facilitated in some capacity by modern technology. However one aspect of that development – smart home devices…

  • Threats of Divorce During Fights: Empty Threat or Serious Warning?

      Everybody argues. There is no such thing as a perfect marriage, or a relationship without problems, but the way you handle your disagreements makes a big difference. And dropping the “D-bomb” during a fight can be very detrimental to your relationship. Why? Because threatening divorce when you don’t mean it can have a devastating…

  • Will Michigan Help me Collect Child Support From Another State?

      When a single parent takes a job in another state, or has to move cross-country to care for an ailing parent, one of the challenges they deal with is the issue of child support. How can they collect child support payments when they no longer live in the same state where the other parent…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Are Frozen Embryos a Custody Issue? Or Asset Division?

      Gloria Karungi and Ronaldlee Ejalu are the parents of a 7-year-old daughter who has sickle cell anemia – a disease which, up until now has offered sufferers no hope of ever being healed. However, a new stem cell treatment involving bone marrow transplants, offers new hope to those who can find donors who are…

  • Why Netfix’s ‘Grace And Frankie’ Got it Right!

      If you haven’t watched Grace and Frankie on Netflix, you absolutely should! No really, do it right now. We’ll wait…. See? Wasn’t that great?! Hilarious, relatable characters, great dialogue, and loads of funny and thought-provoking scenarios. All in all, a great show. But what makes this one so singular, is the premise – two…

  • Everything You Need to Know to Throw Yourself an Epic Divorce Party!

        It makes sense. You threw an epic party to celebrate your wedding. And now that your marriage is over, why wouldn’t you mark the occasion with a celebration as well? It’s trend that’s been catching on in recent years, and now there is no limit to what you can do (and people have…