Whenever Felicia Hudson gets overwhelmed juggling a full-time job and caring for her ailing father, she finds solace in a piece of paper hanging in her office. "Circumstances do not cause anger, nervousness, worry or depression ... it is how …
As Maryland lawmakers prepare to tackle the issue of marriage equality in new legislative session, the District of Columbia is thinking about same-sex divorce. Officials in the nation's capital, who OK'd same-sex marriage in 2009, want to clarify D.C. law …
When I was younger, divorce was something you whispered about, like cancer. It came with a certain stigma and a mysterious other-worldliness. My aunt and uncle got divorced when their kids were in college and some of that stigma dissolved …
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No one knows exactly how many gay, lesbian, or transgender people there are throughout the world. This is so partly because some of these gay folks don't know it themselves and partly because they know it, but they don't want …
When live-in lovers decide to call it quits, the parties' relationship is not always severed by a simple division of their furniture. If romantic partners have been cohabitating for a lengthy period of time and have commingled their assets and …
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It's easy to get so caught up in the battles of divorce and the hassles of custody that you forget that your child has certain inalienable rights. A child of divorce, especially, needs to have his or her rights honored …
As New Years approaches, you say you want a resolution? How about resolving to be a better co-parent in 2012?Here are 3 tips that might help you accomplish just this. 1. Lighten up on judgments of your co-parent. Face the …
Just after 4 a.m. on July 4, 2009, James Culbert hit the call button from his bed at the Lakeland Center nursing home in Southfield. Only 51, Culbert was in rehab after an ATV accident. When a staffer arrived, the …
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All too often when I was representing children or parents in divorce court, I heard parents refer to scheduled parenting time as "my time." For example, a parent once complained to me that taking a child to dance class took …
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Maintaining sanity during divorce, while large waves of unpredictable and conflicting emotions rise and fall, is an enormous personal challenge. Remaining sane and grounded, however, is our adult responsibility regardless of the temptation to think and act otherwise. Children need …
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