Deciding to end a marriage is never an easy decision. It’s often accompanied by a whirlwind of emotions, questions, and uncertainties about the future. One of the initial questions you might find yourself asking is: “Should I file first for divorce?” This question is...
Month: March 2024
Parallel Parenting to Help Lower Conflict
Dealing with the aftermath of a divorce can be challenging, especially when children are involved. For parents entrenched in high-conflict situations, the conventional wisdom surrounding co-parenting might seem like an unattainable situation. This is where parallel...
Out of Order!
Recently, I passed by a bathroom with a prominent sign on the door, “OUT OF ORDER.” I know what that means. The toilet isn’t working. It isn’t successfully removing the effluent like it is supposed to. This means that the room doesn’t function as it is supposed to. It...
Divorce: A Personal Packing List
Divorce is often characterized as one of life's most stressful events, and for good reason. It's a time of profound change, upheaval, and uncertainty, during which individuals may experience a wide range of emotions, from sadness and anger to anxiety and fear. In...
Your Case Is Local, Until It Isn’t
When going through a family law case involving children, whether it is divorce or a modification of custody action, the focus is often on who is going to have primary custody (if anyone) rather than where that legal relationship with the children is going to be. There...
The Art of the Emergency Hearing
Going through divorce is hard enough. Facing a custody battle with your soon to be ex can be excruciating. Losing a loved one in the face of having children or grandchildren who need your help, your care, all of this is new territory, something unfamiliar and...
When It Lingers, It Festers
When it lingers, it festers. And, my life, it is festering; it is uncertain in its transformation of a rancid variety. It is less than ideal. The wounds opened in divorce were not healing. Seventy-four days have passed since that day, a day I realized was more wound...