• Divorce: Can It Be Avoided?

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    If two individuals are intent on trying one last time to make their relationship work then there is a way.A relationship is just like a person. It stores within it the sum total of all the memories that make it up.Read more…
  • Divorce: Tired Of Repeating The Same Old Bad Habits?

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    Divorce usually happens because individuals exhibit relationship habits that are destructive to their partner, to the relationship and therefore to themselves.Such habits include some of the following:1. Being too needy.2.Read more…
  • Choosing Love After Divorce

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    A frequent question I often ask divorced single clients is “At what point did you know that your marriage was over?” Almost without exception, they say, “I guess I knew it immediately.”Unfortunately, many of us make choices that we live to regret.Read more…
  • How to Heal from a Painful Divorce

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    You probably thought your thought your life and your marriage were going along quite well. Yes, there were challenges and difficulties, but you really believed the good outweighed the bad. Through the ups and downs you hung in, hoping in time that your partner would see the light and decide to treat you with love and respect.Read more…
  • Helping Our Childrend Deal with Divorce

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    The Whirlwinds of DivorceLooking into Deep blue eyes Now darkenedInjuries Of divorce Encompass Our ChildrenA whirlwind Twirls the home Into a far away placeOur differences Leave the fruit Of the marriage Picking up the piecesA parent’s passion Raising children together Lost forever In the lust and dust Of our soulsBruises Deeply imbedded Their innocent souls Injured, In this war of lost loveBlistered hearts Guiltless souls Our children Sailing this sea of lifeCan the lighthouse be rebuilt?Tonight, I have been thinking a lot of my two boys. My wife and I recently divorced about three or four months ago.Read more…
  • Where Are You Going To Put Your Energy?

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    When I first started going through the divorce process, I think that I probably wasted an extraordinary amount of time and energy stressing about those things that I could not control. Things like whether or not my ex would be made to pay adequate child support. We had originally agreed on a number, but unbeknownst to me, he had been hoarding cash, a fact that I didn't discover until later on.Read more…
  • My Ex Ain't No Fool!

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    We meet him across the room, our eyes stare, and our bodies go into an overdrive of heat. We as women are dreaming about the wedding dress and the bride magazines. Our wishes are granted, and we’re married, and there’s happily ever after.Read more…
  • If You Think Divorce is the Only Option, Read on

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    Going through the Pain BarrierNobody likes pain but its there for a purpose. I am a long time supporter of The Leprosy Mission and one of the things that I’ve discovered about leprosy is that its not normally the disease that results in a persons fingers or toes falling off, it’s the fact that the disease of leprosy stops a person being able to feel pain and so they will unconsciously burn themselves badly and not feel it. The nerve endings have been damaged and so they cannot feel pain at all and the results, more often than not, are the hideous deformities that we now associate with a leper.Read more…
  • Divorce - Lower Cost Alternatives to an Attorney

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    Many years ago hiring a divorce attorney was financially devastating for many people. Divorce was for the wealthy. The rest of us had no options.Read more…
  • Effects Of Divorce; What Should You Consider When You're Thinking About Divorce?

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    More often than not people decide to get a divorce before they really think about the effects of divorce. People usually decide to get a divorce based on emotion rather than logic which can hinder their long term happiness.Still, there are those that make their decision about getting a divorce by taking into account the effects that divorce can have on everyone involved.Read more…
  • Protecting Your Assets In Divorce

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    Wisconsin law provides some financial protection for spouses who are in the process of divorcing. The law prohibits divorcing parties from doing the following:Harassing, intimidating, physically abusing, or imposing any restraint on the personal liberty of the other party or any child of either party;Encumbering, concealing, damaging, destroying, transferring, or otherwise disposing of property owned by either party without a court order or consent of the other party;Removing a minor child of the parties from the state for more than 90 days, changing the residence of a minor child of the parties to another state or to a location more than 150 miles away from the other party, and concealing a minor child of the parties from the other party,.The prohibitions apply to the petitioner (the person who files for divorce) as soon as the action is filed, and to the respondent as soon as he or she is served with the summons and petition.Read more…
  • Dealing with Finances After the Marriage

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    After the wedding I thought transitioning into married life was the hardest thing I would ever have to do in my personal life. I had never lived with a man before and nothing could have prepared me for the treatment I would succumb to over the next 12 years. I endured an array of verbal abuse ranging from the color of my hair (which was the same since the day he married me) to my apparent lack of intelligence.Read more…
  • Top Ten Reasons to Use Parenting Plan Mediation in Divorce

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    1. The best predictor of the well being of children involved in a divorce is the amount of conflict between parents. In mediation, conflicts are more likely to be resolved, resulting in a more peaceful post-divorce family life.2.Read more…
  • Client Preparation for Custody Evaluations and Court-Ordered Mediation

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    Custody mediations and evaluations are critical in contested custody cases, yet clients routinely go into sessions without a basic knowledge about the process and what is expected of them, and often with inflexible positions on custody arrangements. Family lawyers, therapists and parenting educators can help clients dig themselves out of entrenched positions, evaluate their goals, and develop a child-centered parenting plan that will get them through the mediation and evaluation process and promote the best interests of their children.DRESS REHEARSALMany custody disputes are resolved in mediation, whether it’s court-annexed or private practice.Read more…
  • Divorce Lawyers - What to Look for in a Divorce Attorney

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    Choosing the right divorce attorney should consist of more than picking the first listing in the telephone book. The person chosen to represent your divorce has the assignment of settling intricate cases that involve assets, property, custody, etc. If you have a lot to lose, reasonableness is necessary when picking a divorce attorney.Read more…
  • Divorce Hurts Everyone, So Do the Couple's Wishes Come First?

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    When a married couple breaks up, it is not just their own future that has changed. It is not even "just" their children's future that has been irrevocably altered. Both sets of parents, if living, can be wounded.Read more…
  • The 7 Common Myths of Divorce

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    1. One lawyer is a good as another. There is a tremendous difference between lawyers. Some are down to earth and some are distant and hostile.Read more…
  • Deal With Divorce By Dealing With Anger

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    There is one very simple way to deal with your anger while going through a nasty divorce.Divorce is a messy business. There is approximately a fifty percent chance you are divorced if you are over forty and reading this article.Read more…
  • Surviving Your Divorce

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    An amicable divorce – what is that? We can remain friends even though our relationship didn’t work out. Yeah, right!Read more…
  • Children and Divorce

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    A recent statistic shows that almost half of all marriages end in divorce. Divorce is difficult for everyone involved, but maybe the hardest on children. Most often they experience many feelings that they do not understand.Read more…

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