Should I Stay or Should I Go? Discovering that your spouse has been unfaithful is difficult, to say the least. You are likely feeling deceived and therefore angry, as well as wounded by his actions. You are probably depressed about the future and what his infidelity might mean for your marriage, for your children, and …
Are We Destined for Divorce? In countries like India, divorce rates are on the rise. According to Jesna Sivasankar, a psychologist who practices there, divorces are becoming even more common for those with high-stress careers like doctors and those working in the IT sector.The lack of emotional connection between couples is a major factor behind …
Lessons of High Profile Divorces High profile celebrities and business moguls who find themselves getting divorced have more than most of us to lose. Financially, they are likely to have more assets to divvy up. But socially, because of their prestige, they must also deal with the whole world being interested in their private business. …
As first seen on the Florida Academy of Collaborative Professionals website Hanlon’s Razor I love this. “Hanlon’s Razor states that we should not attribute to malice that which is more easily explained by stupidity.” In a complex world, this principle helps us avoid extreme paranoia and ideology, often very hard to escape from, by not …
Find An Alternative Way To Divorce I’ve said it so many times . . . there is magic in the collaborative process. Unlike during my vast experience in litigation, I witness magic often in my collaborative cases. Take my recent collaboration in which I represented Jessica. During a heated argument, her husband, Mike had hit …
But Who Gets Fido? According to Louis Sabin, “No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich.” As more and more people adopt this thinking, state laws begin to catch up with the rest of us. Pet Custody The 2017-2018 edition of the Pet Ownership and Demographics Sourcebook, …
Learn more about collaborative divorce. Follow Open Palm Law. Facebook-f Twitter Linkedin-in Youtube Need advice now? Contact Joryn! About this week’s author, Joryn Jenkins. Joryn, attorney and Open Palm Founder, began her own firm here in Tampa after a 14-year career in law, two of which she served as a professor of law at Stetson …
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Children should never be placed in the middle of their parents’ problems. Doing so can have a devastating psychological impact on them. Children who are forced to take sides against one of their parents exhibit more behavioral problems and experience higher rates of depression and substance abuse. Your children didn’t choose your marriage or your …
A divorce doesn’t necessarily mean that you and your significant other become enemies. After all, you once loved this person enough to marry him or to have a child with him. Can’t you at least end your romance as friends? The answer may depend on the process that you choose to sever the threads of …
The following “story” is not make-believe. I only cut-and-pasted a series of e-mails I received late last year from a former divorce client. I’ve added no embellishments and I’ve only edited to 1) remove real names and replace them with pseudonyms; and 2) make it easier for you to read. When you finish with this …
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Discovering that your spouse has been unfaithful is
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