Divorce and Separation
Top Tips for Selling Your Home during Divorce
January 26, 2017
If you are like most couples, your home may be one of your major assets. It can often be difficult when going through divorce to face selling a home together with your ex. Here are some top tips to make your home sale during divorce go smoothly. All about the agent: Spent some time getting ...
New Year, New You: 5 Ways a Divorce Can Inspire Positive Change in Your Life
January 10, 2017
Every divorce is different and brings unique challenges. However, with every breakup comes a re-definition, a movement when you move from being a couple to an individual. While it is not unusual to experience feelings of loss, loneliness, or grief, this can also be a time of self-reflection and growth. So how do you ring in the New Year with a new and improved you? Today, I share my top five tips for moving on from divorce with grace, joy, and, yes, enthusiasm.
Communicating with your Angry Ex
January 8, 2017
As divorce attorneys are well versed in the numerous and varied reasons that couples split. Many of the same issues that led to divorce may resurface and could be exacerbated by the divorce process. What is a person to do when they are again on the receiving end of their soon-to-be-ex's anger, bl...
How to Tell the Kids You are Getting a Divorce
January 4, 2017
If you are here, you are already doing something right. Putting your child's emotional needs at the forefront of this difficult process. The age of your child will play a large role in how best to bring the news to them. You need to expect that children, like many parents in divorce, may have a w...
The Hidden Divorce Professional: Pediatricians
December 16, 2016
Last month we came to you with a guide to selecting divorce professionals, but there is one divorce professional that may have been surprisingly overlooked: your child's pediatrician. According to Health line Pediatricians can often be on the front lines of helping children cope with stressful si...
The 5 C’s of Conflict Communication
December 5, 2016
As Family Law Attorneys who believe strongly in reducing conflict we are constantly looking out for recommendations for our clients regarding their communication skills. Even where a relationship may be over, clients may still face co-parenting in a relationship where tensions run high. Lisa Ga...
Who Pays the Student Loan after Divorce?
December 4, 2016
This will likely not come as a surprise; I am a family law attorney and as a lawyer I attended law school… and piled on plenty of student loan debt to do so. But you don't have to be a lawyer to understand that more and more students are graduating under enormous financial burdens associated with...
The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and Divorce
November 22, 2016
How does divorce impact your coverage under the Affordable Care Act? What are the potential complications under President-Elect Trump? The Affordable Care Act is arguably the most important legacy of president Obama's time in office. It has provided tens of millions of previously uninsured pe...
Easy Guide to Selecting Divorce Professionals
November 18, 2016
Separation and divorce is a significant time of change. During this tumultuous time, the divorcing parties are juggling multiple issues: the loss of a partner, minimizing the impact on the children, and the day to day logistics of financially and physically restructuring ones' life. A team of exp...
Parenting Plan
November 15, 2016
Every person, every family, and every divorce is unique. Gone are the days where everyone is stuck in the “every Wednesday and every other weekend” rut. While this arrangement may work for some, in the modern age attorneys and families can work together to craft unique parenting arrangements that...