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THINGS YOUR BURGLAR WON’T TELL YOU

I know I normally talk about family law matters, but this information is too valuable not to pass on.  The author of the following information also suggests you place your car keys by your bed so you can hit your car alarm button on your keys if a burglar enters, and to get wasp spray [...]

Surviving Separation

New to blogging here — but I’d like to share an edited excerpt from my book Surviving Separation and Divorce: A Woman’s Guide to Regaining Control, Building Strength & Confidence and Securing a Financial Future (second edition) by Loriann Oberlin, MS While written for women long before I began second career in mental health, I [...]

How to Reduce Back to School Stress While Co-Parenting

Agreeing on Priorities Early On is Essential Back to school is a busy time of year for any family, but for those also trying to juggle the challenges of co-parenting it can be even more exhausting and stressful. Balancing the needs and wants of kids while also dealing with trying to accommodate the different value [...]

Man Drops 20 Tonne Boulder in Ex-Wife’s Driveway

PHOTO VÉRONIQUE TREMBLAY It’s the prank heard ‘round the world: Dany Larivière, the mayor of a small town in Quebec, Canada decided to give his ex-wife, Isabelle Prevost, the “big rock” she’d always wanted by dropping a 20-tonne boulder in front of her house. Oh, and to ensure that Prevost didn’t mistake who was behind [...]

Are we glamorizing divorce for the next generation?

Marriages end in Divorce on average close to 50%.  While it is impossible to accurately determine  what the stats are in all the  separate States, it seems that where there is more celebrity and wealth – there are more divorces and so perhaps setting a bit more of the  tone for “Divorce”.   Do we [...]

Getting Divorced – What is the first step?

The other day a woman called for advice. She just found out three days before that her husband was leaving.   She has been a stay at home mom with three children under 17 and maintains a healthy lifestyle supported by her husband’s good fortune in the market.  She wanted to know her rights and what [...]

THE NUMBER ONE THING PROFESSIONALS SCREW UP ON SOCIAL NETWORKING AND WEB SITES

Attorneys and other professionals are caught up in their “professional standing” as a marketing tool.  Attorneys, for example, think its important to market their Martindale-Hubbell rating, or their listing in Best Lawyers in America or a local ranking as a Top 50 lawyer in their city.  These things are certainly important, but what professionals don’t [...]

THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS COMES WITH A RESPONSIBILITY TO BEAR THEM SAFELY

At a recent international meeting, a friend of mine from Australia asked me what the American preoccupation with guns was.  This was just days after Congresswoman Giffords of Arizona was gunned down.  I explained that the right to bear arms lies at the core of every American and that I supposed it came from the [...]

FIXED FEES ARE PREFERRED BY CLIENTS ACCORDING TO CANADIAN LAWYER SURVEY

Our firm dumped the billable hour and adopted “value pricing” in 2005.  We customize fixed prices for our clients depending upon the value of the case to them.  We usually create three pricing options from which to chose.  The price is developed only after extensive work with the clients to explore their options and develop [...]

Awesome!

Neil Pasricha writes in his #1 International best seller The Book of Awesome that “….tiny little moments make an awesome difference in many of our rushed, jam- packed lives”.  He goes on to write that “…with so much sad news and bad news pouring down upon us it’s fun to stop for a minute and [...]

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