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Child Support After Death: Hindsight is 20/20
You can’t help wondering every now and then: what would happen if my ex spouse just died? While that would certainly make your divorce go...

Alan Jacobs
Nov 10, 20201 min read
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5 Questions Children of Divorce Wish They Could Ask
The wide array of emotions that a child of divorce may convey during the divorce experience is important to their health and mental...

Alan Jacobs
Nov 3, 20201 min read
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Divorce and your mortgage: Here’s what to know
One of the biggest decisions divorcing couples face is what to do with the marital home. If the breakup is acrimonious, trying to agree...

Alan Jacobs
Oct 27, 20201 min read
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Resolving Issues After Divorce Through Mediation
Once a divorce is over, one of the many feelings a person feels is relief that the long, difficult and emotional process is finished. ...

Alan Jacobs
Oct 20, 20203 min read
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Navigating 3 Awkward Post-Divorce Situations With Your Children
During the divorce experience, children are forced to face the reality of their new situation. After many marital disagreements...

Alan Jacobs
Oct 13, 20201 min read
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Making Divorced and Separated Co-Parenting Work
Butting heads with your ex over co-parenting? It's normal to feel uncertain how to work with someone you are no longer romantically...

Alan Jacobs
Oct 6, 20201 min read
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Badmouthing Your Ex Is Bad For Your Children
We all do it from time to time. Make a sarcastic comment about our ex, criticize something they did or didn’t do, gesture or grimace our...

Alan Jacobs
Sep 29, 20201 min read
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Post-Divorce Checklist: Tasks To Complete
It is commonly believed that once a settlement is reached in a divorce case and the divorce decree is issued that the divorce case is...

Alan Jacobs
Sep 22, 20201 min read
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7 Tips To Help Your Teenager Cope with Divorce
The teenage years can be challenging for both a teenager and his or her parents after a divorce. Helping your teenager to make a smooth...

Alan Jacobs
Sep 15, 20201 min read
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Will Moving Out of the House Affect the Results of My Divorce?
While you don’t give up any legal rights to the house or abandon the house by moving out, there are legal and strategic reasons why you...

Alan Jacobs
Sep 8, 20202 min read
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8 Positive Ways to Connect with Your Stepchild
The role of a stepparent can be tricky and there’s no such thing as instant love between a stepparent and a stepchild. It’s worth your...

Alan Jacobs
Sep 1, 20202 min read
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Parenting Plans and Uncertain School Schedules
As our nation continues to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, debates are raging across the country about how to safely reopen the schools....

Alan Jacobs
Aug 25, 20203 min read
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The Greatest Benefit of Divorce Mediation: Saving Relationships
"Do you help couples stay together?" "No, unfortunately I don’t. I help couples separate and divorce in a way that reduces conflict and...

Alan Jacobs
Aug 18, 20201 min read
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Helping Your Children Bounce Back From Divorce
For the most part, when parents’ split up, they feel badly about putting their children through the emotional pain of divorce. If you...

Alan Jacobs
Aug 11, 20202 min read
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Addressing Post-Divorce Child Custody Issues During the COVID-19 Crisis
Whether you recently got divorced or have been sharing custody of your children with your ex-spouse for several years, it is likely that...

Alan Jacobs
Aug 4, 20202 min read
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Social Media and Divorce: Here’s Why Facebook is NOT Your Friend!
Human beings are social creatures. We WANT to connect with each other. We want to share. Most of all, we want to know that we’re not ...

Alan Jacobs
Jul 28, 20201 min read
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Teenagers Taking Sides: A Painful Consequence of Divorce
"I am divorced for a short while, after being separated for several years. My 16-year-old daughter is awful to me and she yells “I hate...

Alan Jacobs
Jul 21, 20201 min read
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Beware The Stranger In Black Robes
There are lots of reasons to keep your case out of court. It is less stressful, more likely to result in a longer lasting agreement, and...

Alan Jacobs
Jul 14, 20201 min read
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The Challenge of Co-Parenting During the Summer of COVID-19
This summer is presenting challenges that we have never faced before. With the COVID-19 pandemic still upon us, our summer options are...

Alan Jacobs
Jul 7, 20203 min read
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Coronavirus Updates: Massachusetts Probate & Family Court News and Update
With the number of coronavirus cases in Massachusetts declining, courthouses in the state are slowly beginning to reopen for business in...

Alan Jacobs
Jul 3, 20202 min read
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