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Is Divorce the Right Call?Featured

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October 21, 2026
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Although I may be a divorce lawyer, I have no interest in breaking up a marriage that could be saved. Whenever a potential client comes into my office contemplating divorce, I ask them a series of questions before agreeing to partner with them.

Is Your Relationship Fifty-Fifty? 

No one has a perfectly balanced fifty-fifty relationship, but ideally, it falls somewhere near this ratio. A good relationship relies on partners bearing equal amounts of responsibility and responsiveness. You and your spouse are supposed to care about each other and what you’re building together. If one of you is doing the bulk of the heavy lifting, neither of you is likely as happy as you might think.

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Forgiveness Is Not a Gift to Them. It Is a Gift to YouFeatured

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September 9, 2026
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If there is one word that can make a divorced person bristle, it is forgiveness. And honestly, that reaction makes complete sense. When you have been betrayed, abandoned, lied to, or simply left behind to rebuild a life you did not ask for, the idea of forgiving the person who caused that pain can feel not just difficult, but deeply unfair. Like being asked to let someone off the hook for a crime they committed and never apologized for. But here is what no one tells you clearly enough: forgiveness is not about them. It never was. 

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How to Find the Right Attorney When Alcohol Misuse Is Part of Your Custody Case Featured

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August 19, 2026
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Taking the time to research the right attorney now, before a crisis forces your hand, says a lot about you as a parent. Too many families wait until something frightening happens to start asking these questions. You’re getting ahead of it, and that could make all the difference in the world when the stakes are this high. The attorney you choose will help protect your child’s safety, your time with them, and your peace of mind on the nights you lie awake wondering what’s happening during your ex’s parenting time.

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Your Divorce Needs a Project ManagerFeatured

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June 8, 2026
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The chicken, as they say, has come home to roost, and it wants the house, the dog, and your grandmother’s silver. Marriage is a hopeful, often messy, collaboration. Divorce, it turns out, is a business. A very strange, very emotional, and very expensive business you never intended to start. Suddenly you are not just a person with a broken heart. You are a CEO of an uncoupling, and you are woefully unprepared for the job.

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