Blog Posts in 2019

How to Tell Your Children About Your Divorce

If you and your spouse made the decision to move forward with a divorce and you share children, you will need to tell them about it. Of course, this is a very sensitive matter and the conversation itself will likely be one of the most difficult either of you will ever have. However, the manner in which you deliver this news to your young ones will impact them greatly, so it is crucial to prepare ...

Dating & Divorce: A Recipe for Disaster?

Divorce can be an emotionally challenging experience even if you are ready and waiting to start the next chapter of your life. It’s understandable to feel overwhelmed, unappreciated, and even undesirable once that divorce petition has been filed. So , you think, what better way to boost my self-esteem than to rediscover romance with a new romantic partner? After all, your marriage is essentially ...

The Government Shutdown: Federal Workers Struggle to Pay Child Support

During his election campaign, Donald Trump circulated many contradictory statements and promises about how he would build a border wall to “end the humanitarian and national security” crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. However, both Congress and Mexico refused to fund his $5.7 billion border wall, prompting the president to order the longest government shutdown in American history. A Temporary ...

Fostering Positive Communication During Your Divorce

Popular media enjoys portraying divorce as a traumatic, high-conflict ordeal that occasionally spirals into dramatic confrontations, horrific revelations, and random outbreaks of fisticuffs. As you can imagine, this isn’t the greatest frame of reference for first-time filers. Granted, divorce can be a challenging and stressful legal process, but it rarely reflects this exaggerated and profitable ...