Posted in Divorce on Mar 24th, 2008
The pain of divorce and separation is bad enough for adults, but what’s it like for a five-year-old? The Supporting Children after Separation Program sounds great. But have the little kids slipped through the cracks again? Copious research supports the notion that some of the greatest impact on the human mind occurs in the first five years. It’s unlikely therefore that 0-5 year olds are unscathed by parental conflict. There’s also good evidence that if it’s not handled well, it can be a precursor to major depressive illness, anxiety disorders and significantly disrupt their academic performance.
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Posted in Divorce on Mar 12th, 2008
The emotional trauma of divorce is bad enough, but when divorce kills your credit, it can suck you into a downward spiral that can take a decade or more to recover from.
Because here’s the ugly truth few divorce attorneys seem to bother telling their clients – a divorce ends your marriage, not your shared financial responsibilities.
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Posted in Divorce on Dec 17th, 2007
Ask a lawyer at divorce time if s/he’s really got your interests at heart, and you’re dead. It’s too late. All over red rover. The time for getting in synch with your divorce lawyer was long long ago.
And yet an amazing number of people hiring divorce attorneys find themselves strung out on a divorce court [...]
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Posted in Divorce on Nov 23rd, 2007
The Courts in Canada, and most particularly the Family Law Courts, routinely forget about the fundamental rights of children according to FACT Director, Brian Jenkins, writing in the Mountain News today.
“Instead, we see both children and parents subjected to massive amounts of financial, emotional and psychological pressures encouraged by the courts and other government agencies – something that should truly be described as family violence.”
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Posted in Divorce on Oct 8th, 2007
Divorcing couples and their advisers usually find plenty to argue about. But one topic that often slips through the net – with disastrous consequences – is the financial life after divorce.. the not-so-happy-ever-after.
Attorneys, tax and financial advisers and assorted other specialists drawn into the fray are rarely up to speed on any topic other than their own narrow specialty, and especially not on your spending patterns.
And therein lies the trap.
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