It is so easy to get stuck in the emotions of divorce or other loss, whether it be the death of a loved one or even a position in life, like loss of a job. Dr. Daniel Amen of the Amen Clinics, who has done significant work on brain studies that have resulted in the SPECT brain technology that has helped with Traumatic Brain Injuries, explains that getting "stuck" in an emotion is a result of … [Read more...]
Divorce Rate Down in 2019
Terry Gaspard, an MSW, LICSW, is a family therapist who regularly blogs about family law matters. She said in her blog, "The Changing Dynamics of Marriage: Statistics for 2019," that she recently attended the National Association for Relationship and Marriage Education Summit, where she heard a presentation by Dr. Scott Stanley, a psychological professor with the University of Denver. Dr. … [Read more...]
Collaborative Divorce–The Opportunity to Discern
One of the things I love most about the Collaborative Divorce process is that it gives clients the opportunity to reflect and discern if the decisions they are making are the best for themselves and their children. So often, when clients go to court and "settle their case on the courthouse steps," so to speak, they are doing in while facing an imminent hearing or trial. It also happens when … [Read more...]
Your “Smart” Options for Security During a Divorce
In today's world of technology, a common question (or it should be) from clients going through a divorce is: what is my risk with electronic devices? That usually is a question that pops up because the client has done something they are concerned about or their spouse has done something they feel has violated their rights to privacy. The State Bar of Texas published an article in this … [Read more...]
How to Talk About a Pre-Nuptial Agreement: Just Ask Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart and Marriage Amelia Earhart has been in the news in the past few months because of news that she and her navigator, Fred Noonan, may not have been lost in the sea, but rather crashed on the Marshall Islands, been captured and died while imprisoned. As an early female aviator, Amelia Earhart is best known for being the first female to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and being … [Read more...]
Camille Milner Selected As A Best Lawyer
Denton Attorney Camille Milner has been named in the 2018 edition of Best Lawyers Magazine in the family law category. Milner is a longtime Denton resident and a graduate of the University of Texas Law School, University of North Texas and Denton High School. For more than three decades, Best Lawyers has been compiled by conducting exhaustive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of … [Read more...]
Pre-Nuptial Agreements and Your Future Marriage
How to Talk About A Pre-Nuptial Agreement and Strengthen Your Future Marriage The subject of a Pre-Nuptial Agreement (in Texas it's called a Pre-Marital Agreement) has to be one of the most awkward topics of conversation an engaged couple can have. Even if the couple's relationship is strong, it's got to be uncomfortable, and some engagements and weddings have even been called off over the … [Read more...]
“Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life,” a book by Samuel Harrington, M.D.
Peacefully Making End of Life Decisions We have all been there or will eventually be there: making end-of-life decisions for ourselves or our family members. I have a friend who is in the midst of this torture, and I call it that because it can be gut-wrenching. You want to honor and do "right" by your family members who are ill and/or aged, but what does that really mean? Many years ago, I had … [Read more...]
Set Your Own Boundaries, So Your Kids Don’t Have to Do It For You
Unhappily Married, Divorcing or Divorced Parents, Set Your Own Boundaries, So Your Kids Aren't the Ones Who Suffer I lost a friend once when I was candid with her and said I thought her bashing her husband to her kids and in front of the kids was destructive to them, and if they ever ended up in a divorce, she could lose custody of the kids because of her actions. She got angry, saying, … [Read more...]
Divorcing Like Adults
What Conflict Looks Like (and What Peace Looks Like) to Children When people divorce, they often go into fight or flight mode—for many people the conflict of divorce feels like fighting for their very survival. That may be a natural, even primal response, but many divorcing couples are working through the feelings of fight or flight and learning to move through the conflict into a peaceful … [Read more...]
