When I first met “Rayna” she was scared to ask her husband for a divorce. He pays all the bills, he knows how to fix everything in the house. He doesn’t like surprises. They had discussed divorce from time to time over the years, and he had made it clear that he was worried forContinue reading “Necessary Preparations”
Category Archives: Leaving a Difficult Marriage
A Husband Upside-down? Maybe backwards?
“When you meet my husband, you won’t believe the things I have told you about him.” At my law firm, we hear this so frequently from women in emotionally abusive relationships. They tell us that their husbands belittle, demean, threaten, and frighten them, and yet, to the outside world, the men are charming, funny, considerateContinue reading “A Husband Upside-down? Maybe backwards?”
Thankfully, Plan C
Her beautiful blue eyes fill up slowly, from the bottom to the top. Then the tears spill over and she starts listing for me all of the clues she has ignored for the past several months. My heart just breaks for her as she unspools, in the clarity of hindsight, all of the unbidden questionsContinue reading “Thankfully, Plan C”
Scared into Staying
I sat across the deposition table from an older attorney. A nice man, I grew up with his son and knew the family. I had always liked him, but at this particular moment I felt an urge to slap his face as he winked at me and said, “These two lovebirds will be back togetherContinue reading “Scared into Staying”
Cheating and the Tooth Fairy
Let’s talk for a moment about Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. Not every family sets up a belief in either of these characters. But, many do. So when is the right time to dis-abuse your children of the fiction you have created for them? Do both Santa and the tooth fairy exist for theContinue reading “Cheating and the Tooth Fairy”
Love Your Divorce 