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Tag Archives: divorce
How complicated is divorce, really?
Among too many uncritically examined “givens” you’ll hear bandied about the courthouse as truth, I’ll note the following. Every family situation is unique. No judge could decide better than the married spouses themselves what’s best in organizing their separation in divorce than they are, themselves. Or— Believe me: You’re really not gonna like it if [...]
Posted in Blind Spots, Control, Legal Matters, Negotiation
Tagged as: complicated, custom, divorce, expense, husband, mediation, negotiation, parenting time, spouse, wife
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“How To ‘Not’ Use Social Media” when divorcing
“Dating After Divorce: How To Not Use Social Media,” is the title of a piece by “comedian” Juliet Jeske on the Huffington Post. After two introductory paragraphs, Ms Jeske gets down to it with 10 points she recommends be followed. Then closes with this bit of wisdom. You are bound to be slightly insane after a divorce, [...]
Posted in Blind Spots, Communication, Emotions, Unhooking
Tagged as: anger, communications, divorce, divorce recovery, divorce story, facebooks, letting go, self-talk, social media, unhooking
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Divorce, municipalities, and customer service
In case I haven’t made it clear in the past, I’m not in favor of a “get it over and move on” mentality for divorce. That’s not the same as advocating a paternalistic, we know better imposition of value-based process on married couples looking to separate, of course. Nor condoning disrespect or institutionalized inefficiences rationalized [...]
Posted in Legal Matters, Society
Tagged as: circuit court, divorce, divorce court, efficiency, family court, lawyers, norfolk, process, society, the system
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Employers providing divorce expense reimbursements
Increasingly, small businesses are “offering to help key staff pay their divorce bills in an attempt to retain valued personnel.” This, according to the Financial Times of London, last Friday. One of the more personally fascinating aspects of divorce for me is its greatly underestimated impact on employee productivity. I’ve often thought that if employers [...]
Posted in Finances, Legal Matters
Tagged as: divorce, employees, employers, finances, financial times, london, pay for divorce, small business
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Tennessee Supreme Court shapes alimony decisions?
You’ve gotta read beyond some of the unfortunately sensationalistic lead-in copy here to get at what’s being debated. In an article appearing in The Tennessean last Friday, reporter Brandon Gee eventually gets around to summarizing the two positions. Is the purpose of spousal support to maintain marital lifestyle according to some adjusted (according to what?) [...]
Posted in Finances, Legal Matters
Tagged as: alimony, divorce, employment, finances, litigation, post-divorce, post-marriage, rehabilitation, spousal support
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