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  • Toxic Parenting – Breaking The Cycle! (Part 4)

    This is the fourth and final article in this mini series on breaking free from the chains of a toxic childhood and becoming a better parent. In the first three segments we covered a wide range of “toxic messages” that parents can send during divorce and custody battles, and their corresponding “healthy truths.” In this…

  • Toxic Parenting – Breaking The Cycle! (Part 3)

    Having been raised by a toxic parent who alienated you from your other parent after a divorce, it can be a challenge to parent your own children.  The reason for this, in part, is because no good example of parenting was set for you, but also because a child raised in a toxic environment tends…

  • Toxic Parenting – Breaking The Cycle! (Part 2)

    In this series, we are looking at the damaging effects of parental alienation after divorce, which also known as toxic parenting, and talked about the ways that you can overcome the damaging messages of a toxic childhood.   In the previous article, we talked about the importance of breaking away from the toxic messages of…

  • Toxic Parenting – Breaking The Cycle! (Part 1)

    There are many scholarly articles out there on the impact that toxic parenting has on the relationship between the slandered parent and their children in the wake of a divorce or custody battle. But little is said about the long-term impact on those children after they have grown up and become parents themselves. Or on…

  • Custody Rights For Grandparents in Michigan

    Families break up for a number of reasons, including divorce, substance abuse, incarceration and even death of a family member. In these situations, the focus tends to be on the children and the parents. But there is another set of family members whose role is often vital, but whose needs and desires frequently go unaccounted…

  • 10 Tips to Help Keep Your Marriage Out of Divorce Court

    Much research has been done on what makes a marriage work, and while there are many differing opinions on what factors a couple may or may not have that will give them that extra edge, this list provides ten mental undertakings that many people in successful marriages have achieved, in some form or another. So…

  • Crowdfunding Your Divorce: Is That Even Possible?

    Need to raise money for your daughter’s surgery? GoFundMe is perfect. Want to help your nephew’s latest garage band? PledgeMusic is where you go. Looking to get support for a new business venture? Kickstarter is your best bet. But what if you’re getting divorced and don’t have the money to pay your attorney’s fees? Don’t…

  • Divorce in Michigan: When “Fault” Matters in a “No Fault” State

    Michigan is a no-fault divorce state, which means that in order to file for divorce you are not required to prove that anyone is at “fault” for the breakdown of your marriage. In other words, there doesn’t have to be proof of abuse, infidelity, or any other harmful behavior for the court to grant your…

  • Letting Go Of Blame After Divorce Is Good For You

    Blame. The word conjures lots of different ideas for different people. For those who have suffered through a recent divorce, the word ‘blame’ is often indelibly linked to one’s ex-spouse. For those whose spouses were abusive, unfaithful, or irretrievably flawed in ways that made them terrible life partners, it’s hard to consider denying them the…

  • Custody Issues For Same-Sex Couples in Michigan (Part 2)

    In a previous article we discussed the fact that same-sex couples, just like heterosexual couples, deal with all kinds of issues when their marriages come to an end. However, when dealing with custody, same-sex couples have additional complications due to the way the law views the rights of biological parents versus non-biological parents.   This…