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If you’re having trouble reading the headlines these days, I understand how you feel. It’s tough to take in all the news about the consequences of…
Nanci Smith

May 2022

In her seminal book Home Will Never be the Same Again, marriage, family, and child therapist Carol Hughes talks about the emotional impact of divorce on…
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As bad as divorce can be for the couple going through it, that’s nothing compared to how it can negatively impact their children. At least the couple…
Nanci Smith

April 2022

When it comes to grief, how long is too long? After debate that lasted well over a decade, the American Psychiatric Association’s diagnostic manual…
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When someone tells me that they are considering divorce, I often suggest that their first call shouldn’t be to a lawyer. Rather, I say that investing in…
Nanci Smith

March 2022

A new colleague reached out to me the other day with a question: The concept of Collaborative Divorce has been around for 30 years. Why haven’t more…
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Recent research reveals that couples who have supportive friends and family members are more likely to divorce. No, that last part wasn’t a typo. A…
Nanci Smith

February 2022

Is there such a thing as a “good” divorce? Like a lot of things in life, it depends on how you define it. One couple might decide that “good” means…
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When a marriage is falling apart, Valentine's Day can be a lonely time. If you’ve already split up, or even if you’re in the middle of the process, it…
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January 2022

When it comes to divorce, movies tend to get a lot of things wrong. That’s what was so refreshing about Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach’s film about a…
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We all know that divorce is an expensive proposition. According to one recent study, the average divorce can cost upward of $15,000 when you factor in…
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December 2021

When I started practicing law in 1992, there was essentially one model when it came to divorce. The process took months or even years, cost a small…
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