When the radioactive dust settles and you have successfully made it to the other side of the toxic swamp that is divorce court you may find yourself relieved or anxious, drained or invigorated, lonely or in desperate need of your…
I can't understand why, but divorce has a stigma. A connotation. For a long while those who were morally or religiously adverse to divorce filed for a thing called separation (this option still exists though it is rarely used, and…
After the trivialities such as the children, the house, and the retirement are properly divided, some parties to a divorce face a daunting task – what to do about the pets? Often, a pet means the entire world to one…
Of course I would never breach any confidences but I have been meeting with husbands and wives for coming on a decade now, and I have happened upon a certain pattern, which I find fascinating for a number of reasons.…
A warning to all of those who will pay or receive alimony starting in 2018! The new tax plan proposed by the GOP and making its way through House committee now would have an immediate impact upon how alimony payments…
First, make sure you and your children are safe. Do not wait for your abuser to “calm down". Just because your abuser has temporarily ceased his or her attack does not mean they are finished or that you are safe. Too…
What is the Family Court to do with a mentally ill parent? Not one with a 10mg prescription for generalized anxiety (who isn’t anxious now-a-days, after all) but the kind who has recently had an involuntary stint in a hospital.…
Children hear, see, feel and understand differently. For children, Elmo is president and the entire week is scheduled for: Eat and Play. Children of parents suffering through the hell of a child custody battle tend to know more about the…
It can be difficult to impress a Family Court judge. Generally speaking they are well-attuned to lies, exaggerations, and general nonsense. They have heard it all - and they are weary. Imagine it like being the principal of an elementary…
Episode 10 of my series: What Just Happened?! Surviving Family Court