10 things not to do in divorce court

10 things not to do in divorce court http://ow.ly/7Oc8K

Helping Your Family-Run-Business Survive Divorce

A family owned business can make divorcing even more complicated.  ForbesWoman’s recent article 5 Steps a Woman Can Take to Help Her Family-Run Business Survive Divorce overs tips. The 5 Steps discussed are:

• Determine whether the business is separate or marital.
• Pay attention to other state laws, too.
• Establish the true value of the business.
• Carefully consider all your options.
• Divorce proof your business while you are single or happily married.

Broken Heart Syndrome

According to a newly released nationwide study at the University of Arkansas. women are seven times more likely to suffer from “broken heart syndrome”.  And, it’s tougher on older women.

Broken heart syndrome is real and happens when a sudden shock (such as learning of an affair) or prolonged stress causes heart attack-like symptoms or heart failure. The good news is people rarely die from it.  See article

Checklist: Documents to Show Your Divorce Attorney

Confused or overwhelmed about documents you need to collect as you begin the divorce process? Or want to get a snapshot of your financial situation before you sit down with your spouse to split finances and draw up a property settlement?

FindLaw.com has prepared a simple, one page checklist that will give you an overview of what’s important. Perhaps knowing what you’ll need will help you with the chaos and questions swirling around in your head.

Good luck, and remember … one step at a time will get the job done!

Estate Protection Tips

When I Do Becomes I Don’t there are things you should do to protect your estate. WSJ http://ow.ly/5anKq

Interesting Post on Why Powerful Men Cheat

interesting post on why powerful men cheat http://ow.ly/4Z7Bc

New Website for Military Families

Check out the ABA’s  new website for military families http://ow.ly/4Z1HQ

Old & Poor Sucks

If you’ve attended one of our monthly Second Saturday programs you’ve heard financial expert Debbie Marson’s sucient warning “old & poor sucks.” Here’s a humorous video supporting her claim. It just might help you gather the courage you need to tackle your property settlement with you in mind!

Are You Caught In A Never Ending Divorce?

Great post. One question: Is there anyway to change the system to limit the antics of a spouse or ex who just won’t let go and uses the courts repeatedly for revenge?
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Parental Alienation

Parental Alienation Syndrome is dangerous territory, especially in the hands of a monied, narcisisst­ic, controllin­g parent … usually an abuser.

Post divorce, our Court appointed custody expert and family therapist (originall­y chosen by my ex’s attorney) revoked my ex’s limited visitation rights because he’d told our daughter’s I’d “never wanted them, hadn’t taken care of them when they were born, and didn’t love them.” PAS on his part?

Rather than improve his parenting skills, my ex hired Dr. Gardner to testify I was guilty of PAS. Without ever interviewi­ng me, our daughters, or the court appointed custody expert & therapist, Dr. Gardner testified that I needed to be thrown in jail “unless I got the girls to love their father.”

Our court appointed experts were furious with Gardner, saying he’d been bought and was a disgrace to their profession­. It turns out the Judge saw it the same way. I maintained my sole custody and over the years my ex rarely if ever exercised his visitation rights. (Oh, from the beginning it was my ex, a surgeon, who’d requested sole custody, not me.)

While my ex’s attempt to use PAS against me backfired for him, the frightenin­g aspect is my ex hadn’t yet depleted all my money via court battles. After years of using the courts as a means of post-divor­ce abuse my ex has succeeded in destroying me financiall­y. I shudder to think what would happen if he dragged me in today….
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost