As a family law attorney, I know that I’m going to be dealing with people’s emotional issues. After all, when these people come to see me, usually their lives are in turmoil. They may be newly separated. They may be struggling with financial stability. Parents living in two different homes may be battling over children [...]
Posts Tagged ‘divorce’
27 Jul
Up for a visit?
I’m guest posting over at Jean Myles’ blog today on the subject of marriage and autistic children. Jean has two little boys, one with autism, and she now works at home so she can make sure her little guys have all the special support they need! I know I’ve talked about the subject of marriage [...]
26 Jan
When do you say when?
Being a divorce/custody lawyer certainly opens one’s eyes to the possibilities and depths of despair in the world of relationships. Once people commit to each other, they form a whole lot of ties that while easy to break in one way, as in, “Get your lame ass out of here,” they’re much harder to break [...]
9 Jan
When superior is actually worse
A theme I hear increasing in my female clients’ divorce filings is the fact that they feel they do the lion’s share of work in the marriage. Many of them have work outside the home, many of them full-time, but they also end up with a full-time job at home, too. And their husbands let [...]
22 Nov
Justice: by the law or by the heart?
When you have brought up kids, there are memories you store directly in your tear ducts. .. Robert Brault I’ve debated how to write this post for several days, and it’s been difficult. My role as attorney at law is to uphold the law. Most of the time, that also means to pursue justice. Sometimes [...]
15 Aug
The next day
Most often tragedies come as an event, a moment, after which things are never the same. In my work life, I deal with these events all the time. Families that were once happy, functioning organisms come to a point where they no longer work. While the buildup may have taken days, months or years, the [...]
7 Dec
(Broken) Home for the holidays
A phenomenon many divorce attorneys encounter each year between mid-November and January 2 is the sudden drop-off of clients and client activity. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it’s the holiday lull, the last-ditch effort to grasp the fast-fading warm feeling of family or at least the rational attempt to try to preserve the illusion that ‘everything [...]
15 Feb
Ethics? What ethics?
Have I mentioned that I dislike lawyers? This could be uncomfortable, of course, because I am one. But when I hear about how my so-called esteemed brethren treat other people, sometimes it really makes me sick. Usually it’s the money. I understand our hourly rate sounds outrageous to people who are making $7, $8, $25 [...]
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