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Status quo and Shifting Ground
There are many things that no one tells you about divorce. This article by Rachel Alexandar – an article in four acts – concerns itself...

Alan Jacobs
Jul 21 min read
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Delays – a multifactorial problem
There are many things that no one tells you about divorce. This article by Rachel Alexandar – an article in four acts – concerns itself...

Alan Jacobs
Jun 181 min read
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Gray Divorce
How to avoid triggering a costly tax bill, tips on dividing financial assets, filing for Social Security, and whether to sell or keep the...

Alan Jacobs
Mar 111 min read
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Are We as Modern as We Think? Gender Role Reversal in Divorce Doesn’t Necessarily Add Up.
What happens when the father is the stay-at-home spouse and the mother is the primary earner? Can we simply swap out the term husband for...

Alan Jacobs
Jan 71 min read
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How to Stop a Late-in-Life Divorce From Ruining Your Retirement
As the number of couples who split after the age of 50 rises, more Americans are looking at a retirement that is drastically different...

Alan Jacobs
Dec 17, 20241 min read
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Discovery in Mediation
In divorce mediation, there are some things that must never be cloaked in mystery or veiled by the fog of uncertainty. Certain matters...

Alan Jacobs
Dec 3, 20241 min read
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Preventing Trauma – A Guide (Part II)
The same unhappy event in itself is not necessarily destined to morph into trauma. Take this example: a child is ridiculed by his...

Alan Jacobs
Nov 12, 20241 min read
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What’s the Difference Between Hurt and Trauma? (Part I)
In divorcing situations, some pain may be inevitable, but trauma is preventable! In a divorce, parents lose their tempers, over-share...

Alan Jacobs
Oct 29, 20241 min read
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How Can I Co-Parent when I Don’t Trust My Ex-Spouse? Part II
In Part I of this article Rachel Alexander examines the complex situation of shared custody with an ex-spouse you don’t trust. Here, in...

Alan Jacobs
Oct 15, 20241 min read
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How Can I Co-Parent when I Don’t Trust My Ex-Spouse? Part I
Co-parenting without mutual trust is tough, but not uncommon. In this excellent blog posting, Rachel Alexander discusses the distrust...

Alan Jacobs
Oct 1, 20241 min read
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Dating While Separated
Divorce presents many challenges. One of them is whether and when to begin a new relationship at the same time you are ending another....

Alan Jacobs
Sep 17, 20241 min read
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How to show up for a friend getting divorced
In this excellent article from the New York Times, Jancee Dunn offers ideas to help a loved one who is going through a divorce. Make...

Alan Jacobs
Sep 3, 20241 min read
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How To Co-Parent Effectively Even If Your Co-Parent Is Difficult
Whether you’re separated or divorced, parenting children can be difficult to navigate if you decide to split up. There are all sorts of...

Alan Jacobs
Aug 20, 20241 min read
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If you could go back and tell your recently separated self something important, what would you say?
In this excellent blog posting, Jackie Pilossoph offers the responses she got when she asked that question to the Divorced Girl Smiling...

Alan Jacobs
Aug 6, 20241 min read
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Protecting Your Privacy During Divorce
Divorce is a sensitive and often tumultuous time, marked by emotional upheaval and significant life changes. Amidst the complexities of...

Alan Jacobs
Jul 23, 20241 min read
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Does a Senior Citizen Heading to the Altar Need a Prenuptial Agreement?
Thanks to advances in medical care and other societal improvements, people in the United States are living longer than ever before in the...

Alan Jacobs
Jul 9, 20241 min read
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Key Differences Between a Healthy and an Unhealthy Relationship
If you’re married and contemplating divorce or are having issues in your marriage, you may have questions about the key differences...

Alan Jacobs
Jun 25, 20241 min read
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What Happens to 401(k)s, IRAs When Older Clients Get Divorced
By 2030 gray divorces are projected to triple, according to studies by Bowling Green State University, which, in 2012, found that even...

Alan Jacobs
May 28, 20241 min read
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How Can I Co-Parent when I Don’t Trust My Ex-Spouse? Part II
In Part I of this excellent article Rachel Alexander examines the complex situation of shared custody with an ex-spouse you don’t trust....

Alan Jacobs
May 14, 20241 min read
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How Can I Co-Parent when I Don’t Trust My Ex-Spouse? Part I
Co-parenting without mutual trust is tough, but not uncommon. Distrust of the other parent for our purposes is when one parent ...

Alan Jacobs
May 7, 20242 min read
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