Archive for 2017
New Study Finds Seasonal Increases in Divorce
by: Michele M. Jochner of Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP The transition from the summer to fall season usually brings to mind students returning to school, the kickoff of the football matchups and the leaves changing colors. A recent study conducted by sociologists at the University of Washington has revealed another fall seasonal occurrence: an increase…
Read MoreDivorce Island-How People Change When Getting Divorced
by Mark Banschick M.D. from Pschology Today Your Your ex-wife’s different now, and dismisses what you have to say about the kids or undermines you as a parent. Your can’t get money from your ex-husband, something he never did in the past. Your seven-year-old is wetting her bed again. You discover that your eleven-year-old is sucking his thumb.…
Read MoreHow to Co-Parent With Style and Grace
by Michela Montgomery Whether you’re newly divorced or have been on your own for a while, there is one constant; co-parenting is hard. I doesn’t matter if you’re ex is June Cleaver or Bette Davis. The fact is that raising kids is hard enough, and now you have the added bonus of seven degrees of…
Read MoreConfessions of a Part-Time Mom
Divorce and shared custody suits me, and it suits my kids, too. I am far more able to be present knowing that, sooner or later, I get to be absent. By Lara Bazelon from the AAML Weekly Eblast I know how I am supposed to feel about my divorced-parent reality. A good mother would be devastated…
Read MoreHow do you keep a family together after a divorce?
By Samantha Shanley from the AAML Weekly Eblast For years, I was under the impression that my husband and I had cultivated the near-perfect marriage, the two of us like His and Her Majesty, presiding over an enviable life. I wasn’t the only one who saw it so plainly. “You two are in your prime!”…
Read MoreMilitary Disability Pay and Divorce
by Chris Barondeau , a divorce attorney with the Goosmann Law Firm in Sioux City, Iowa. From the ABA Family Law Newsletter April, 2017. How would you describe your marriage? If you are currently considering divorce, you might say “it’s complicated.” When one spouse is receiving military disability pay, you might think this makes the divorce…
Read MoreI’m Divorcing: 5 Tips for Coordinating Family Vacations With Your Ex
How to make traveling with the kids easy before and after divorce by Jennifer Brandt on ParentMap With summer just around the corner, many families are looking forward to annual family vacations. A lot of effort and money goes into vacation planning. For divorcing or divorced parents, the possibility of a former spouse interfering with a…
Read More6 Summer Vacation Tips for Divorced or Separated Parents
By Kyung (Kathryn) Dickerson from the Huffington Post Divorce Co-authored by Alan Plevy, Co-founding Principal at SmolenPlevy It’s an annual rite of Spring — children are eagerly anticipating the end of the school year and the start of their summer break. The same can’t be said for a number of divorced or separated parents. Summer…
Read MoreWho Should You Tell When You’re Over Your Divorce?
You need to let them know that you’ve moved on. Diane L. Danois, J.D., Contributor to the Huffington Post Divorce Following a lengthy process of soul-searching and decision-making about what is most important in life, a moment of enlightenment occurs for many people post-divorce: they move on. They leave behind the vitriol and acidity of…
Read MoreBest Lawyers Business Edition Women of Influence
Little, Gilman-Tepper and Batley P.A. was listed in the Spring 2017 Edition of Best Lawyers Business Editon Women of influence publcation. the firm is featured under Family Law Mediation and Collaborative Law Family Law.
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