Even though your marriage may be deeply troubled and being with your spouse has become a living hell, divorce may not be in your vocabulary. There is however another option that may work for you: a legal separation. Here’s what you need to know about legal separations. Let’s start with an understanding of what is a legal separation. It’s different from the physical … [Read more...]
Do You Want To Avoid The Pain Of Divorce?
I recently attended my daughter's college graduation where Shreve Stockton, author of The Daily Coyote was the commencement speaker. She encouraged the graduates to make decisions based on their truth. That seems obvious but that's often not the approach we take in practice. Too often our decisions are based on avoiding pain. She got me thinking that many people go through the … [Read more...]
Podcast: What You Need To Do To Be In Charge Of Your Divorce
Regardless of whether it’s you or your spouse making the decision to get divorced and no matter how much you wish it wasn’t happening to you, the question you need to ask is what you need to do to take the charge of your divorce. While it is tempting to push it away, and let someone else deal with it for you, there is no escape: you’re going to have to cut through the … [Read more...]
Summer Reading: Divorce In Classic Literature
Guest Post by Battrick Clark Solicitors Anyone browsing Amazon for summer reading would be forgiven for thinking that divorce is some sort of recent fad in literature. There’s an ever-blurring line between ‘divorce fiction’ and self-help writing, and many authors are using the novel form as a way of exploring the complex cocktail of emotions that divorce entails. Perhaps … [Read more...]
Does Your Spouse’s Drinking Problem Mean Divorce?
Knowing how much your spouse drinks, even feeling that they drink too much, is not the same as seeing your spouse's drinking as a problem. Once you do recognize that the alcohol is interfering with your relationship, you'll inevitably wonder could your spouse's drinking problem mean divorce. That can create a moral or ethical dilemma because when you got married you may have … [Read more...]