More people than you might think are ringing in the new year without that designated partner. If you're one of them, it can be tempting to knock back one too many glasses of bubbly and seek out some hot stranger. But we have some better ideas.
A new year is upon us! What better time to initiate positive change? To find a "new you" in some significant way?
With the advantage of hindsight, I can see that the breakup of my marriage was a transformative experience for me.
Parenting is always a numbers game. There are the expenses: violin lessons, summer camps, and braces.
Yes, divorce is here to stay, and although it is difficult at any time, during the holidays it can seem that much more so.
Facebook has gained a certain amount of notoriety as one of the leading causes of infidelity among married couples.
I have clients going through the divorce process who fight furiously over possessions that, in the end, aren't really beneficial to them at all.
I often wonder why, when two people get divorced, yet parented together while they were married, they suddenly can't parent together anymore.
As a practicing matrimonial attorney, I can't underscore enough the need for a good team of legal and other experts to have your back before, during and after a divorce.
I was at a party, the kind where bosoms, booze and mouths overflowed. There wasn't much happening with my bosom, but my then-husband's mouth was going for it.
On our honeymoon, I felt as if I were with an entirely different person than the one I thought I married. He was distant, moody, angry -- just plain mean.
My daughter, my ex-husband, my ex-but-not-really-stepdaughter, her mother (my ex-husband's first wife) and I had decided on a traditional Christmas in NYC.
I never expected my parents to split up. I know most children of divorce say that, but mine stuck it out all the way until I was in college.
A recent decision by the North Carolina Supreme Court appears to have invalidated potentially thousands of second-parent adoptions by same-sex couples in that state.
Natalie Pace, 2011.01.01
Jennifer Cullen, 2010.12.31
Jill Brooke, 2010.12.31
Terri Weiss, 2010.12.31