Family law cases involving child custody usually have any number of therapists playing different roles in the case. One can be a therapist to the child, another can see each parent, a third can see both parents. One of the important features of using therapists is that it can provide opportunities for normal, well-adjusted people [...]
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a condition characterized by difficulties in regulating emotion. This difficulty leads to severe, unstable mood swings, impulsivity and instability, poor self-image and stormy personal relationships. People may make repeated attempts to avoid real or imagined situations of abandonment. The combined result of living with BPD can manifest into destructive behavior, [...]
MERCUTIO: I am hurt. A plague o' both your houses! I am sped. Is he gone, and hath nothing? -Romeo and Juliet The houses, in this case, are those of the feuding Montague and Capulet families, which caused Juliet so much grief and was the source of her 'O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou [...]
What are some of the biggest divorce mistakes? HAVING LESS MONEY THAN YOUR SPOUSE The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.Anatole France, The Red Lily, 1894, chapter 7 French novelist (1844 - 1924) . If [...]
"The discretion of a judge is said to be the law of tyrants. It is always unknown. It is different in different men. It is casual and depends upon constitution, temper and passion. In the best, it is sometimes caprice. In the worst, it is every vice, folly and passion to which human nature is [...]
The other day I was researching a case on child support and was trying to determine what duty a parent had to disclose information regarding child support. As I found out, once a "final judgment" is entered on the issue of child support (for example, as the result of a trial) the supporting parent no [...]
The term "narcissist" comes from the Greek myth of Echo and Narcissus, in which the two main characters were cursed by the gods and doomed because they loved people who could not love them back. Echo was cursed by the gods, fell in love with Narcissus, and eventually died of a broken heart. Narcissus [...]
In the aftermath of any divorce or breakup where people have mutual children, it is often the case that one person wants to move and take the children with them. What are their rights? This portion of a case is called a "move-away" case and is subject to a complex series of amorphous standards that [...]
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If you or your loved one has experience with the form of child abuse known as parental alienation, you should be familiar with the book "Divorce Poison" by Dr. Richard Warshak. Dr. Warshak is a prominent psychologist who specializes in helping children and families caught in the grip of this terrible phenomena. If you or [...]
