Editor's Note: This is the first of three-part series that will cover five key financial steps to take before entering divorce negotiations. Part One covers the first of the five steps: checking your credit report. Getting a divorce can be …

Heading for a Divorce? First, Get Your Finances in Order Read more »

As modern parents, we've absorbed the basic advice about what to do to help kids through a divorce. Bring them to therapy. Don't badmouth the other parent. Keep your dating life out of their sight until you've become serious, and …

Parent Better After Divorce: 5 Tips for the Thinking Parent Read more »

It is no secret that divorces can derail into a real dog fight. But nowadays it's more likely that Fluffy or Rover could be part of a custody battle. "No way," you may laugh, thinking your ex is barking up …

Who Gets The Pet In A Divorce? Read more »

Unfolding Thursday in Concord, N.H., was yet another chapter in the sad story of a family involved in a high-conflict divorce. It is the frustrating example of two parents fighting one another for control of their child's education. And it …

Home Schooling: A Divorce Dispute Becomes a Religious Cause in N.H. Read more »

If you listened carefully over the last weekend of winter break, you would have heard the collective sighs of custodial parents in airports across the country, as their children deplane from holiday visits with out-of-state parents. Regardless of how airtight …

Custodial Disputes - When State Rights Support Stated Wrongs Read more »

The divorce is done and things are going along nicely for a while, and then it happens. Your ex doesn't tell you that when the kids were with him or her they got sick. Not just a little sick, but …

Co-Parenting: The Toughest Job in The World Read more »

We have all known couples whose marriages are basically over but, who, for the sake of their children, stayed together. They are not legally separated in the traditional manner and they are willing to forego a divorce to stay together …

Not Quite Divorced: When Your Financial Affairs Are Still Married Read more »

When parents are separated or divorced, it is not uncommon for there to be tension and mistrust between them. In fact, tension, mistrust and even serious and bitter conflict are usually byproducts of a relationship that has deteriorated. My experience …

Work toward peace with your co-parent Read more »

Parents walk a slippery slope when their child gets divorced. Even if they couldn't find a single good thing to say about the marriage, even if they were long distance parents, they are expected to wave the family banner and …

Whose Side Are You On, Anyway? Read more »

As a therapist with over fifteen years experience, I hear a lot about divorce, particularly divorces where children are involved. While most of what I hear relates to the trauma and pain of divorcing, I have noticed a surprising sentiment …

Divorce's Dirty Little Secret Read more »