How Will My Divorce Affect My Health Insurance?
We’ve talked about how filing your tax returns changes when you get divorced. Another major change that accompanies divorce is your health care coverage. Similar to filing for taxes, health insurance may not be top-of-mind during the divorce process, but it’s important to know what’s going to change so you don’t put yourself or your children at…
Filing Your First Tax Return after Divorce
The first year after a divorce can be particularly difficult as ex-spouses learn how to navigate life as divorceés. While filing for taxes may not be top-of-mind after divorce, it’s important to understand how this life change will affect your taxes, and more importantly your tax refund. Filing taxes after divorce is complicated. Here are…
Maybe It’s Not a Marital Problem, Maybe It’s a Holiday Problem
I’ve discussed Holiday Marital False Alarm Syndrome which predictably arises each year in December throughout many households. That’s why it does not come as a surprise each January when my calendar is quickly filled with divorce consultations. However, some couples are surprised by the outcome of their appointment with me. By making a divorce mediation appointment and…
How to Make Divorce Less Stressful and More Affordable
Is there a way to make divorce less stressful and more affordable? Yes. And it all sums up to “mediation”. How It’s Less Stressful Mediation is less stressful because spouses are in charge of decision making. It allows a couple to handle their affairs rather than letting the legal system take control. Having more control…
How to Make Divorce Less Stressful and More Affordable
What is Holiday Marital False Alarm Syndrome?
The winter holidays are a notoriously troubling time for many families. Research demonstrates time and again that the excess of emotion, alcohol consumption, family arguments, spousal disputes, and situational depression escalate predictably during December. Not to mention, the holidays are expensive. You are likely working with a compromised and tight budget but with high expectations…
3 Research Conclusions You Should Know About Divorce and Children
Here is the truth you need to put front and center in your brain now and forever: Conflict between you and your spouse is poison for your child. Years of research across multiple disciplines have found this to be indisputable. But while conflict is poisonous to children, that isn’t to say divorce is poison. We…
3 Research Conclusions You Should Know About Divorce and Children
Scripting the News of Your Divorce for Your Children
What Makes A Couple Ideal Candidates for Mediation?
