If you or your husband recently initiated divorce, legal separation or annulment proceedings, it is time to determine the high-end goals and immediate priorities in your case. High end goals are essentially long term aspirations and may include, among many others, becoming … [Read more...]
Making the Holidays Happier for your Children during or after Divorce
Holidays can be stressful for the most perfect traditional families. So it isn't any surprise that tempers flare and custodial battles are sparked in the homes of divorcing and divorced couples at Christmas. That said, there are many tips and tricks that parents can use to avoid … [Read more...]
Guest post: Divorce and the holidays by Russell Collins, MFT and Laura Collins, JD
Despite what they say, the holidays are almost never the season of unmitigated jolliness. For almost all adults, in fact, holidays are seasoned with a goodly dose of sadness, nostalgia, and a yearning for the lost joys and innocence of holidays past. For families, in … [Read more...]
How to keep your divorce on the fast track
Do you feel as though you’ve been in the process of divorce since the beginning of time? Are you ready to wrap it up and move on with life? If you are, take these steps to assess the situation and ascertain what, if anything, you can do to finalize your divorce. 1. Use our … [Read more...]
What to do when your spouse is wreaking havoc in your divorce
It’s sad but true. During divorce some men and women become unrecognizable to their spouses. Like Jekyll and Hyde, formerly loving husbands and supportive wives won't pay child support, fight relentlessly for sole physical custody, hide assets, divert or defer income, fail to … [Read more...]
Choosing the best process for resolving issues in your divorce
There are at least four ways to resolve issues during divorce, which includes kitchen table negotiations, mediation, collaborative divorce and litigation. Kitchen table negotiations are still fairly common and enable parties to quickly wrap up their divorces on their own … [Read more...]