And How To Find Yours By Atousa Saei is the President and lead attorney of the Law Offices of Atousa Saei, APLC. Atousa graduated from Pepperdine University-Malibu in 2001 where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication and Sociology with a pre-law emphasis. Graduating from Loyola Law School in 2005, Atousa began practicing family law and has not stopped … [Read more...]
Playing Legal Games In Divorce
I don't usually discuss the legal divorce process with my interviewees for two reasons. One, every divorce is different. Listening to what happened in someone else's legal divorce process may not be helpful. Here in the U.S. divorce laws and processes differ by state so what happens in Colorado isn't necessarily going to apply anywhere else. The specifics of a particular … [Read more...]
Who Should Move Out When A Marriage Ends?
It used to be assumed that it was the husband who would move out once divorce was in the works and the wife and kids would stay in the marital home at least temporarily until the finances were resolved. Not anymore. These days there's often a debate about who should move out when a marriage ends. Sometimes it's not a question of who should move out - some people live … [Read more...]
Divorce Is An Option
The vast majority of people I talk to work hard at their marriage. They respect their vows. They look for ways to resolve the challenges. Many of them held the view that, 'divorce is not an option.' Then something happened. In the moment of that something, they see for the first time that divorce may be a option. They start to question whether staying married is possible. … [Read more...]
Warning Signs Of A Difficult Divorce
Many of my interviewees who have a difficult divorce tell me there were warning signs throughout the marriage. Some only see those warning signs with hindsight, others are keenly aware of them and that can make reaching the decision to divorce even harder. My current guest, Helen says there were warning signs even before their wedding. Here's Helen: What should have given … [Read more...]