An Unexpected Comfort During a Divorce
When one is going through a difficult time in their life, one may gain comfort in the most unexpected ways. My father recently died and my mom has had to come to grips with living alone after being with my Dad more than 50 years. She tells me about the…
Care For Yourself & Your Kids During Your Divorce
In my recent newsletter, I featured blog articles from Sara Ann, “Taking Care of Yourself Through Meditation,” and Caroline Palmy’s “Divorce and How to Help Your Kids.” The newsletter also features Jeanni Jones’ “Fair Fighting in a Divorce.” Please take advantage of these articles to help you through this difficult…
Give-to-Profit: Supporting Charities & Social Causes
Are you a business owner or entrepreneur who likes supporting charities and social causes? Did you know charitable giving can be a powerful way to turn your business into a force for good? One of my friends, Alisoun Mackenzie, has written a book called Give-to-Profit that shows you how to…
Five Ways to Avoid Intimidation in a Male Business
We all stood together in the Courtroom. A group of lawyers waiting to speak to the Judge about when our cases will be heard. The only woman in the group, attempting to fit in with my colourful dress and shiny blonde hair. The men milled about in their dark suits…
Reframing: Walking on the Sunny Side of the Street
You want to be in a good mood. Seriously, you don’t really want to be grumpy, bitchy, hateful, or hostile. You are a nice person. Really, you are. But life seems to conspire against you. Take for example a typical Monday morning, you wake up and it’s raining (again). You…
Falling on your Sword: Better Known as the Uncontested Divorce
Most of the time even in the worst of marriages, one party decides the marriage is no longer sustainable initially. Unless the parties are without assets, debts, or children, then the uncontested divorce can be a slippery slope. If the parties have absolutely nothing to fight about except if they…
Repossession of your Freedom
“I can’t send you to jail for not paying your car payment.” “I can’t send you to jail for not paying your mortgage.” “But I can send you to jail for not paying your child support.” These were the sobering words for the adverse party in a recent Court case…
Santa’s Watching: 10 Tips to Avoid a Holiday Custody Fight
Santa is pretty predictable. Each year, he comes on December 24th to the delight of children all over the world. As predictable as holiday visitation squabbles. Forgive me for not publishing this sooner, but speaking from years of practicing family law I’ve got some suggestions to make child custody issues easier the…
New Wheels: Cars after Divorce
What I’m going to tell you may sound cynical, and you may hate me for it, but before you go out and buy a vehicle in your name for a spouse or co-sign with them its good to be aware of the risks associated with car payments during divorce. It’s very…
Interesting Statistics on Divorce
Although the ultimate wish for every new couple is till death do you part, it is unfortunate that people do not always last that long. It’s our business to help alleviate the stress when two parties come to this conclusion. Approximately 10-13 seconds, a new divorce case will be started…
