t is difficult to keep a marriage together in the best of circumstances and infinitely more so in the case of a high-profile couple...
The decision and order are out. Your lawyer flips to the last page, the only one that really matters...
I have the privilege to be in Australia this week and, of course, I took an interest in learning more about what divorce looks like on this side of the world...
In light of the separation and potential divorce between Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger, here are some thoughts from first-hand experience about how a split can be transformational.
By most people's standards it was the perfect wedding -- the best possible start to beginning a life together, what everyone dreams about...
Therapists, dating sites, even self-help manuals are all available to dole out advice on post-divorce dating etiquette...
Divorce carries with it a stigma, a harrowing possibility that life will never be as good as it was...
In May of 2000, I met my mother-in-law, Peggy, for the first time--days before my wedding to her son...
There is no excuse for infidelity -- let me get that out of the way immediately. But it does occur, and as a marriage therapist I can tell you it flourishes...
Mother's Day -- A special day set aside to celebrate our mothers and grandmothers...
From the ugliest messes come the most beautiful gifts. I actually believe Hallmark crap like that now. Really. And I'll tell you why...
Recently Rhonda, (a pseudonym) came into my office in a state of despair...
If you read the first two parts of this series, you may still be pondering the question I asked you to think about: Consider all the men you've dated...
Generally, there are two things that impair a person's ability to make good decisions through a divorce...
In my many years of family law practice, I have found that many spouses, especially the one who has been left behind, have a hard time letting go and moving forward...
If you're a newly-single mom, chances are you've been dealing with some tough emotions...
I was having dinner with my friend Jay the other night when the subject of fudging your age in online personals ads came up...
Divorce in 2011 is a whole lot different than divorces just a generation ago. Some ten or twenty years ago, divorce meant a never ending war...
At my son's last birthday party, a friend of mine took a video of the kids taking turns hitting the piñata and rushing forward to grab the candy...
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