After practicing family law for nearly 25 years, Lex has seen a full -range of behavior in divorce court. Probably the most disconcerting is witnessing people that are self -destructive. The following is a compilation of the ten ways people ruin their lives in divorce cases:
1. Self pity. Buck up and deal with it. When people get mired in self-pity– they lose [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘divorce’
June 27, 2009
Ten Ways to Screw up Your Divorce Case
January 28, 2008
The Parenting Trap
Divorce is a life event that invites many people to re-evaluate their lives. During our day to day lives, we often lose sight of our priorities, instead questing for professional or economic success at the expense of meaningful relationships. And when people ignore these relationships in favor of external rewards, family breakup often follows. This notion is [...]
December 19, 2007
The Friendly Divorce
Lex Familia has been seeing many articles recently concerning the advent of collaborative divorce, which is a system designed to civilize the divorce process. In collaborative divorce, the parties and their lawyers agree to work out the issues, relying on joint professionals such as accountants and social workers, to help them “collaborate” on reaching an agreement. In [...]
