The Transitions Legal Blog
Divorce’s Biggest Growth Opportunity: Gray Divorce
The biggest growth area in divorce these days is in what we call “Gray Divorce” involving older adults. Many times that’s because it’s second or third marriage, people have already divorced once, and they’re not afraid to do it again. Plus, many people who divorce and...
Take Control of Your Divorce
When people get divorced, one of the biggest emotions they experience is a lack of control—either because their partner initiates the breakup, or because the legal part of uncoupling is in the hands of professionals and going at their pace based on the court-specific...
Divorce With Respect Is An Attainable Goal
This is the second year that I’ve participated in Divorce With Respect Week, and the second year I have brought it to Michigan—expanding our reach across the state. And for the second year running, we are offering free introductory consultations for people considering...
What Family Law Can Do For You: It’s Not Just Divorce
The field of family law is exactly what the words say: law related to families. That means more than divorce. In Ohio, where I grew up and returned for law school at Case Western Reserve School of Law, the common nomenclature is domestic relations. Reflecting on the...
An Entrepreneur Takes Risks to Do Things Differently—Which is Often Why They Succeed
Recently, I made the difficult decision to practice law a little differently. I decided to stop taking divorce cases that require litigation. It’s a huge gamble in an industry when most cases use the overburdened courts for this purpose, and most people don’t know...
What Is So Scary About Alternative Approaches to Divorce?
Ever since I discovered alternative approaches to divorce like Collaborative Divorce and Insight Mediation, I’ve been promoting them to clients and colleagues alike. But there’s a hesitation when I mention the idea of doing something different than duke it out in...