Even though you’ve chosen to take the amicable divorce route, the emotional process can still be difficult for those involved to handle. As adults, we are naturally better equipped to deal with our emotions than our children, who may have...
Divorce With Dignity Blog: Navigating the Journey with Grace
Choosing Independence Over An Unhappy Dependent Marriage
Even when you are in an unhappy marriage, deciding to divorce is never easy. It is all the more difficult when you feel emotionally or financially dependent on your spouse. Fear of being unable to take care of yourself without the help of your...
How To Talk To Your Children About Your Upcoming Divorce
As a parent, your natural instincts will encourage you to protect your child in all areas of their life. For example, whenever you cross the road, you’ll find yourself reaching for their hand to guide them across safely. These instincts will also...
Divorce is a Declaration of Independence with Only Two Signers
This weekend, many U.S. Americans will be celebrating the 245th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. We’ll be surrounded by neighbors, friends, family, nervous pets, and possibly fireworks. On the day, we’ll spend some...
Celebrating Fathers — and Beyond
Since Father’s Day is just around the corner (Sunday, June 20th!), we wanted to take the opportunity to gratefully acknowledge the fathers, dads, pas, and papas (for those who celebrate this day), along with the guardians, co-parents, and...
Is it time to make it official?
It can be tough to be a stepparent — even in the best of situations. When a stepparent is, in effect, assuming the daily role of a primary parent, the legal limitations of not being acknowledged in that primary role, can be especially frustrating. ...
Reducing your Chances of Post-Divorce Litigation
You have been thinking about divorce for quite some time, and now, you’re finally going through with it — with the hope that it’ll all be behind you…very soon. So, the last thing you’d want (after you’ve spent so much time, money, and energy to...
10 Steps to Divorce Without Litigation
Well, you’ve come to the decision that you have to divorce and you really want to get through this as peacefully as possible without spending your life savings. Just remember that as long as you and your spouse are in agreement, you can pretty much...
National Single Parents Day : March 21, 2021
Author: Anonymous This month, we celebrated National Single Parents Day, which acknowledges over 55 million parents in the US alone. In fact, according to the Pew Research Center, FACT TANK, the US has the world’s highest rate of children living in...
What You Really Lose When You “Go After” Your Spouse in Divorce
You. Are. Enraged. You want to “get” your spouse and make them truly miserable. Hurting them will most assuredly make you feel better and set things right for the next chapter in your life. Hitting them in the wallet and their relationship with...