I have been married twice and divorced twice and I filed for divorce both times. The reasons why I filed aren't really that important, as they are between me, myself, my ex's and the statistics that 70 percent of women file for divorce. What is important to know...
178 Comments | Posted January 26, 2012 | g:i A
For those that have visited me and know me, you all know that I am divorced. It's not a secret. You also know that I have kids with my ex. What I have not openly shared is that he and I have very different lives, and...
Posted December 13, 2011 | g:i A
Christmas is upon us. In fact, it was upon us right after Halloween, but that is another article. All you hear as you meander through the holly-strewn stores is Christmas music about joy and cheer, but if you are in the midst of a divorce, your joy and cheer might...
Posted October 26, 2011 | g:i A
One of the articles I wrote for The Huffington Post regarding alimony brought up a lot of emotion from women who have been raising children and feel they deserve to be paid for the service. It seems that some feel that marriage is a contract and when that...
Posted August 30, 2011 | g:i A
It's a new school year, which means seeing lots of new faces and faces that I might not have seen in a long time. One such face walked up to me and said the prerequisite "Hello," and before I could even say hello back, she went on to say, "I...
Posted July 27, 2011 | g:i A
When you get divorced, the world of dating can be daunting and a bit scary. You haven't fished in that pond for years and you now have children that you also have to think about. There are some universal questions that come up when dating as a re-single, when and...
Posted May 23, 2011 | g:i A
This is not a rhetorical question. I really do want to know what the courts are thinking. The family courts just get worse and worse as time goes on. There is no reform and the system is broken, but instead of getting better, it continually gets worse.
Judge Nancy...
Posted April 27, 2011 | g:i A
You mean you didn't get the memo? Well, let me enlighten you, when the marriage ends, the financial commitment to you as the husband or wife ends as well. The only financial commitment that is left is to that of the children.
Don't get me wrong, life would be grandiose...
Posted April 18, 2011 | g:i A
The world we live in today is full of technologically-savvy divorced people. You don't have to leave your house to find anything anymore, and that includes a spouse. Chances are, if and when you do start dating online, you will meet someone and there is a good possibility that special...
Posted April 8, 2011 | g:i A
There are so many things to say on the subject of child support. Recently a post by Suzanne Cramer,Budget Fail: Child Support is it Enough?, brought up loads of comments and discussion.
Reading some of these comments, once again the disparity of thinking of the men and...
Posted March 21, 2011 | g:i A
Will he let me move? This was the main question that was asked the other night while at dinner with some divorced girlfriends and it got me thinking. If you are the primary parent, even if you share custody, in most states you do not have the right to relocate...
Posted February 24, 2011 | g:i A
I used to think about a non-custodial mom in a negative way. I thought about someone who must have some pretty major issues. They must be drug addicts, have serious mental issues or they are so self-absorbed, they didn't want to take care of their children once they were free...
Posted February 22, 2011 | g:i A
The "best interest of the children" is a term that is thrown about with abandon during divorce and post-divorce. The courts, the attorneys, the parents, the guardian ad litems, Children's Protective Services, the psychological evaluator and therapists all use the term "the best interest of the children." They are all...
Posted February 7, 2011 | g:i A
Child support is a dangerous subject on a good day when everyone is in a good mood, so imagine that subject when everyone is in a bad mood. It brings out the worst in us. It makes us think of money grubbing ex wives and stingy ex husbands. It makes...
Posted January 25, 2011 | g:i A
Child support is always a hot bed of discussion. There are several reasons for this and the main one is, what exactly does child support cover? According to the website, Divorce Support,
The term "child support" covers all the economic necessities of life required by a child. These...
Posted January 19, 2011 | g:i A
Divorce is full of myths and legends. There are myths and legends regarding statistics of divorce and how others see people who are divorced. The myths and legends that I am talking about are not the ones that are propagated by others, but feelings that many divorcees have themselves. Dispelling...
Posted January 11, 2011 | g:i A
Every day I see clients that all have post divorce issues, but the one that I run into the most is about child support. Money is always a touchy subject and one of the more prevalent causes of divorce.
This one client, we will call her Ms. X, came to...
Posted January 8, 2011 | g:i A
Divorce comes in many shapes and sizes. Just read all the articles on this site and you can see that everyone has their own experiences and issues with divorce. One thing that can be a big issue in divorce is who gets the religion.
If you and your spouse came...
Posted January 4, 2011 | g:i A
The divorce is done and things are going along nicely for a while, and then it happens. Your ex doesn't tell you that when the kids were with him or her they got sick. Not just a little sick, but sick enough that when it is your visitation, you have...
Posted December 28, 2010 | g:i A
I often wonder why, when two people get divorced, yet parented together while they were married, they suddenly can't parent together anymore. Is the anger so great that one parent can't see past it or around it? Is the resentment so large that the thought of the best interest of...
Posted March 5, 2012 | g:i A