Tag Archives | Divorce

D-I-V-O-R-C-E Doesn’t Have to Spell “The End” for Your Family Owned Business

According to the Small Business Administration, 90% of U.S. businesses are family owned. They play a vital role in their communities and the entire economy. Owning a family-run business has many advantages, like getting to work with the most important people in your life, convenience, flexibility, and lower employment costs. Still, mixing business and personal…
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Divorce and Health Insurance Considerations

Family lawyer Jason A. Weis outlines the considerations divorcées must address regarding their own and their children's health insurance coverage.…
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Divorce During Holidays

Family Christmas Not So Merry? Managing Divorce and Separation During The Holidays

The Santa Clause, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, A Christmas Story–these are just a few holiday movies where family tensions run high–to hilarious effect. But the truth is that family troubles can make the holidays anything but merry.  Here we look at coping with divorce and separation, and what you can do to get through the…
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Postpartum Depression in Men? Getting Past Stereotypes in Custody Cases

Attorney guest contributor Jason A. Weis discusses postpartum depression in men, parental stereotypes, and modern child custody and visitation arrangements. Psychologists at Eastern Virginia Medical School have recently found that new mothers are not alone in being susceptible to depression following child birth.  Psychologists concluded that fathers suffer from postpartum depression at nearly the same…
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Does Divorce Automatically Damage Kids?

Guest contributor Thomas McCormack discusses how divorce affects children.  This entry was originally published in McCormack’s Turning Points Blog. Yesterday, I commented on psychologist Ruth Bettelheim’s take on child custody and support reform and how Ohio measures up. What I didn’t emphasize was her challenge to the notion that divorce per se damages kids. The…
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