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Sharing Custody: How to Keep Kids Comfortable
Having two places to call home can cause confusion and be a major adjustment to children. This is especially true when a family is going...

Alan Jacobs
Feb 28, 20231 min read
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An Age-By-Age Guide For Helping Children Through Divorce
Research tells us that children of divorce face many risks. It is a major challenge for kids to cope with the drastic change that is...

Alan Jacobs
Feb 21, 20231 min read
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Focus On Processing Your Emotions First, And Then Take On The Legal Matters.
The separation and divorce process can be stressful and uncoupling a marriage is often fraught with emotion. This very insightful article...

Alan Jacobs
Feb 14, 20231 min read
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6 Tips To Help Children Of Divorce Coping With Change
Children of divorce do not have it easy. Even in amicable breakups, the effects of divorce on children can be substantial. Research shows...

Alan Jacobs
Feb 7, 20231 min read
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7 Tips for Co-parenting With a Challenging, Narcissistic, or High-Conflict Ex
While co-parenting is a great opportunity for children to spend time with both parents – to feel it’s okay to be loved by both of their...

Alan Jacobs
Jan 31, 20231 min read
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The Long Term Psychological Effects of Divorce on Children
Growing up is complicated enough on its own. Having parents divorce can make it even harder. To avoid the psychological effects of...

Alan Jacobs
Jan 3, 20231 min read
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Getting Divorced? It’s Time to Update Your Caregiving Plan
When a divorce occurs, it can be a path to a better life for all involved. But if you are planning to dissolve your marriage or have...

Alan Jacobs
Dec 20, 20223 min read
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Stepfamily Life: Discussing Expectations Can Create Stronger Relationships
When it comes to stepfamily life, there’s often a glaring contrast between the reality of day-to day-life and your image of what it could...

Alan Jacobs
Dec 13, 20221 min read
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Why Mediation is Better for Your Children
Children face long-term mental health impacts when they become pawns in a divorce or witness endless conflict. However, mediation...

Alan Jacobs
Nov 29, 20222 min read
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Career Scenarios That Can Influence Your Divorce Settlement
When career-related changes affect your compensation during your divorce, they are likely to influence the resolution of your case. Child...

Alan Jacobs
Nov 22, 20221 min read
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How Parents Can Help Kids Adjust to Divorce
A big challenge with divorce is when parents feel conflict and stress, their children do as well. Any effort to hide conflict will ...

Alan Jacobs
Nov 1, 20222 min read
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Co-Parenting or Parallel Parenting: How to Know What's Right
You’re getting divorced and your biggest worry is about your children. Chances are this is the one thing you and your spouse agree on....

Alan Jacobs
Oct 25, 20221 min read
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Loving Your Kids by Mediating Your Divorce
Of all the reasons to mediate, the welfare of the children is perhaps the best. For parents who prioritize the well-being of their...

Alan Jacobs
Oct 18, 20222 min read
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7 Tips for Co-parenting With a Challenging, Narcissistic, or High-Conflict Ex
While co-parenting is a great opportunity for children to spend time with both parents – to feel it’s okay to be loved by both of their...

Alan Jacobs
Oct 4, 20221 min read
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Tips for Mediating When You Have Teenagers
Mediating issues of child custody when you have teenagers is a much different prospect than mediating issues of child custody for younger...

Alan Jacobs
Sep 6, 20221 min read
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The Benefits of Using Mediation for Child Custody Arrangements
Child custody is one of several issues you can resolve in the divorce mediation process. Doing so is, for most people, a preferable...

Alan Jacobs
Aug 16, 20222 min read
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Your First Appointment with A Guardian Ad Litem
A guardian ad litem can be appointed by a judge in all proceedings for child custody or for dissolution of marriage or legal separation...

Alan Jacobs
Jul 26, 20221 min read
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How Can Mediation Make Divorce Easier on My Family?
Divorce is a major life decision, and it can affect the entire family. Many separated couples who have children worry how the divorce...

Alan Jacobs
Jun 28, 20223 min read
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Why Courts Modify Child Custody and Parenting Time
It is not uncommon for the lives of separated parents to change significantly after their divorce or, in the case of parents who were...

Alan Jacobs
Jun 14, 20222 min read
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7 Tips for Co-Parenting with a Challenging Ex-Spouse
In this excellent article, Terry Gaspard offers 7 tips for co-parenting (or parallel parenting) with a challenging or high conflict ex:...

Alan Jacobs
May 24, 20222 min read
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