Domestic Diversions
1. Good counsel on matters of relationships, families and family law.
2. The efforts of good people working together to advance the mind, arouse the heart, and amuse the spirit.
Author: David C. Sarnacki is a solo practitioner in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Blawg Related Categories: Family Law • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Domestic Diversions
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Appreciating strengths: Accepting different ways of parenting
The New York Timesdiscusses a study about involving fathers, as well as the benefits of co-parenting or parallel parenting. Laurie Tarkan writes (excerpt): . . . [T]he critical difference was not greater involvement by the…
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A bit foreign, scary even: Collaborative divorce
Single Parent Gossip shares the method for using collaborative law to resolve your divorce out of court. Talibah Mbonisi writes (excerpt): . . . In this cooperative framework, both parties also agree to: - Act…
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What’s my chances of getting a divorce? Statistical factors associated with divorce
The New York Times focuses on a different topic (Money Talks to Have Before Marriage), but includes an interesting discussion of statistical analysis and the risk of divorce. Ron Lieber writes (excerpt): The risk that…
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The inventor of the Collaborative Divorce Process
Stu Webb is being honored for finding a better way to divorce at the 10th International Academy of Collaborative Professionals Educational Forum.
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Most expansive: What motherhood means to Uma Thurman
USAToday shares some of Uma Thurman’s reflection on motherhood and “Motherhood,” including struggling to balance home and work lives, and being caught outside in her nightgown. Olivia Barker writes (excerpt): So, then, what does motherhood…
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The Reader: Why No Outrage About an Adult Female Sexually Molesting an Adolescent Boy?
I am alarmed that we’ve heard very little outrage at the normalization of an adult woman having sex with an adolescent boy as seen in the academy award winning movie The Reader. This lack of…
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Maximum impact: How to organize your trial evidence
The ABA’s McElhaney on Litigation suggests replacing chronology with groups of vivid word pictures. Jim McElhaney writes (excerpt): http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/give_chronology_a_timeout McElhaney on Litigation “. . . Tell them the story. . . . [P]ut together a…
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Mediators can help collaborative divorces smooth out rough edges
ABA Book Briefs Blog features a divorce mediation excerpt from the book “Collaborative Law: Achieving Effective Resolution in Divorce without Litigation,” Second Edition by Pauline H. Tesler (excerpt): If a collaborative case runs into problems,…
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How to increase your custodial-parenting time
Richard Forrest Gould-Saltman posted a summary of how a non-custodial parent can maximize parenting time. The summary was written with California in mind, but many of the principles are equally applicable across the country. Mr.…
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Why won’t he talk to me? How to argue with a man about money, housework, friendships and sex
CNN and O, The Oprah Magazine explain that research confirms men and women experience the same relationship very differently and that patience and humor can work better than more of the same. Gretchen Reynolds writes…