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  • Celebrating Father’s Day With Your Ex: Pointers For Next Year!

    Holidays like Mother’s and Father’s Day usually brings on a rash of calls from new clients, upset about their custody arrangements and how that affected their holidays with their children. It makes perfect sense, when you think about it. Nothing would seem worse in the moment, than for a father to not spend Father’s Day…

  • Marital Mythology: The Lies We Believe About Marriage (Part 3)

      Thanks for joining us again for the wrap up of this three part series on the lies we believe about marriage. In the previous installment we looked at number 3 and 4 on our list of marital myths. Moving on, we’re going to wrap this up with the last two items on the agenda.…

  • Marital Mythology: The Lies We Believe About Marriage (Part 2)

      Welcome back. In the first section of this three part series we looked at two common marital myths that undermine relationships. Moving on, here is a breakdown of another two lies about marriage to consider…   Love Is A Feeling   In the English language, the word “love” covers a lot of ground, and…

  • Marital Mythology: The Lies We Believe About Marriage (Part 1)

      We accept notions like “everything will be OK” and “you can have anything you want if you’re willing to fight for it” as being life mantras that convey truths. However, more often than not, they’re completely false. In the same way, we believe a host of myths about marriage. The sad truth is that…

  • Friends on Facebook: Why Your Ex Should Be On That List.

    Developing a friendship with an ex can be a rather difficult feat. You no longer have the ability to pick and choose what you reveal about yourself during the development of the friendship, and you have all sorts of emotional baggage and history that needs to be overcome in order for trust to be rebuilt.…

  • Forgiveness – Why It’s So Important After The Divorce Process!

      When people think about divorce, they tend to imagine bitter arguments, secret infidelities and custody battles. It isn’t often that anyone makes the mental leap from divorce to forgiveness in one bound. Yet it appears that perhaps we should. Many people go to great lengths to overcome the pain they suffered as a result…

  • Nagging – Is It A Precursor To Divorce? (Part 2)

      Welcome back. In the previous article we talked about nagging and how it can erode the love and trust in a marriage, which can in turn lead to divorce. We introduced Howard J. Markman PhD, who has written on the subject of nagging, and discussed his assertion that nagging is the “enemy of love”…

  • Nagging – Is It A Precursor To Divorce? (Part 1)

      Google ‘nagging’ and take a look at the images. There are countless funny (and not so funny) quotes about nagging. “Some people call it nagging, I just call it do what you’re told to do the first time!”, “Nagging means she cares, silence means she’s plotting your death!” and “I’m not a nag, I’m…

  • DIY Divorces – Why They Don’t Always Cost Less (Part 2)

      In the previous article, we discussed the first two concerns that may come up in a DIY divorce, making it more costly in the long run. There can be issues that arise when a spouse has not fully disclosed all of their assets or debts, over spousal and child support problems, or when the…

  • DIY Divorces – Why They Don’t Always Cost Less (Part 1)

      It’s not uncommon for couples who are divorcing on good terms, to skip getting an attorney and get a DIY divorce instead. However, it’s worth considering that there are a number of easily preventable problems that can, and do, arise from divorces obtained without legal representation.   Having straightforward custody agreements when you enter…