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Most people watching the movie “Marriage Story” probably missed the finer points of modern divorce laws featured. But Settlement Agreements showed up three times in very realistic ways. Each time, the Settlement Agreement the characters accepted or refused either limited or created options for the two parties and their child.

Ever since this terrifying movie came out, everyone wants to know how realistic the Laura Dern character of a divorce lawyer really was. Short answer: Incredibly realistic. The plot follows the story of Scarlett Johannsen and Adam Driver, who are divorcing after an affair. Scarlett wants to live in California...

The Washington Post advice column, “Tell Me About It…” is really, really helpful for people who have been divorced. A lot of people might not know that writer Carolyn Hax went through a public, messy divorce from her now ex-husband, Nick Galifianakis, who also works on the advice column with her. This quote from...

You may disagree with me - and individual situations can vary a LOT. But something I'm always careful about is telling women to sue their ex for emotional abuse, or any domestic violence where there's no hospital report, police report, or other objective evidence that's NOT an affidavit from a relative or...

It is so hard to go through a divorce. And women who are struggling often post in mom's groups asking for advice. This is a comment that was posted in a Facebook group last May (with slightly cleaned up formatting, a little additional explanation where parts weren't clear, and the removal of...

Mister Rogers deployed his famous kindness and gentleness to be radically honest with generations of children about topics that can be difficult to discuss, including death, bigotry, divorce, and anxiety. Read more here.

Divorce brings up some difficult conversations. Use Mr. Roger's simple set of rules to help make your tough conversations a little easier. Read more here.

By Tom Parker, MD - Divorce, even a collaborative divorce, will bring up a lot of emotions. Here are six steps to mindfully manage the tough conversations you and your partner are having. This graphic has been used in the Gottman Institute trainings. Click here to read more.

By Mitch Cohen, Mediate.com - Divorce is often a period fraught with emotions and uncertainties. While divorce is difficult for anyone involved, parents bear a special burden. Divorcing parents face the tremendous challenge of having to go through the divorce while still continuing to co-parent their children with their soon-to-be ex. For...

By Josie Cusma, LCSW - It is vital that parents realize that the parenting plan will need to be adjusted as children get older and parent circumstances change. While some might find that frustrating, I feel that openness to adjusting the plan is the beauty of the parenting plan creation process. 

By The Collaborative Family Law Association - It is obvious to parents that children have different needs at different ages. It is not always obvious to the family court that this statement applies to parenting plans. The court standard of “best interests of the child” is different for children of different ages.