Divorce: Is it hereditary?

by | Custody, Mediation

There is an important article in the July 9, 2011 issue of the Wall Street Journal: “The Divorce Generation” http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303544604576430341393583056.html?KEYWORDS=the+divorce+generation    The article reveals the problems...

Be Good To Your Kids, They Pick Your…

by | Custody

On a recent Sunday, My wife and I were seated near the back of our local church. Since it was Spring break, the church wasn’t crowded. Across the aisle were two young couples, each with one child, a boy and a girl, and both about two years old. As the service...

Hiring the Right Kalamazoo Divorce Lawyer (Part 2)

by | Divorce

At the end of my last blog (Part 1), on hiring a Kalamazoo divorce lawyer, I said that after we talk and decide that mediation might not be for you that I would then recommend the right kind of lawyer. Here I want to list a couple of questions you might want to...

Our Children’s Expectations

by | Mediation

In the President’s  speech to the nation from Tucson on January 12th, he singled out for our attention the innocent child Christina Taylor Green who was gunned down by the madman Jared Loughner. He said that she was just awakening to the political life in a...

Pointing Fingers

by | Mediation

President Obama’s speech in Tucson attempted to lay to rest or at least quiet down the huge uproar in the media as to who was to blame for the murder of 6 people and the wounding of 14 more. Instinctive biases and animosities led some of the political...