From the category archives:

Parenting

The Divorce Coach (DC) = Damage Control (DC)

by Stephen McDonough on May 20, 2009

I recently received a comment from fellow attorney Nancy Van Tine the other day related to my post Maintain Your Divorce Sanity!  Nancy’s blog is the Massachusetts Divorce Law Monitor.   Nancy commented that she has never heard of a Divorce Coach, or as I sometimes refer to them in an effort to sound hip [...]

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Maintain Your Divorce Sanity!

by Stephen McDonough on May 17, 2009

Everyone knows that a divorce is stressful, but there are some steps you can take to better manage the anxiety surrounding the process.    I was orginally going to call this post  “The Top 10 Ways to Maintain Your Divorce Sanity”  but I really felt the need to have #11.  I am sure there are other [...]

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Your Legal Rights As A Stepparent: New Steps You Can Take

by Stephen F. McDonough on May 2, 2009

On February 15, 1950, Disney released its animated version of Cinderella.  Ever since, stepparents have been viewed as mean and ugly.  But in the real world of 2009, where about 50% of marriages end in divorce, and about 1/3 of us live in stepfamilies, it’s time to give stepparents a makeover. Even though stepparents may [...]

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The website uptoparents.org has some thought-provoking content that focuses on parenting and protecting children during and after divorce.  I thought the section of the site on The Surprisingly Excellent Attorney was interesting.  This is certainly a far cry from the material on some lawyer websites extorting the benefits of fighting and destroying your recently ex-spouse [...]

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Almost every week I run into news stories  about how the recession is responsible for many couples staying together not because they want to, but because they have to.   Quite a few folks I have met with recently report one spouse sleeping on the couch for much longer than they probably should.  Although this [...]

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Sometimes A Little Knowledge Is A Good Thing

by Stephen F. McDonough on April 1, 2009

At least that’s the goal of a new educational program in Norfolk County.   In a recent press release, the Probate and Family Court announced the new program, which will provide basic information about the family court process to any person who has a case pending in Norfolk County, or who is considering filing a Divorce, [...]

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Massachusetts Parent Education Program – Sign up Now!

by Stephen F. McDonough on March 31, 2009

If you are getting divorced and have not yet attended the mandatory parent education class, you might want to hurry up and register!  As of April 7, 2009, the cost of attendance in the class will increase from $65.00 to

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