Do you think that bad-mouthing your spouse to your children is just venting and not really damaging? Then think again. Experts say that "ex-bashing" more often than not leads to Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS). PAS is a growing concern among...
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Amidst the contentious and dramatic divorces of Tiger Woods and Sandra Bullock, it is refreshing -- albeit rare -- for divorce attorneys in Pasadena to hear about grown-up celebrity divorces. Take Kate Winslet, for example... The Oscar-winning actress and American...
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Ladies: Before you rush out of your family lawyer's, Pasadena, office and head for the singles bar in search of a "hook up", you may want to read this... According to a study from the University of Florida conducted by...
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Family lawyers in Pasadena, tabloid reporters around the world, celebrity watchers and even the police all have opinions about the current fall from grace of actor and Academy Award winner Mel Gibson. With the release of what now are commonly...
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Aside from the millions of dollars and high-profile affairs, Tiger Woods isn't that different from people seeking divorce advice in Pasadena. He just wants to put the past behind him and get back to work. And that's exactly what he attempted to do at this week's British Open.
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 One high-profile divorce case has peaked the interest of both Los Angeles sports fans and divorce attorneys in Pasadena. The outcome of the increasingly contentious divorce of Los Angeles Dodgers' owner Frank McCourt and estranged wife Jamie could change the face of a major league baseball team -- one that already seems to be in transition.
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 Readers searching for divorce advice in Pasadena also are likely to be searching for help with other legal issues, just like the family of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. According to new information released this week, just three days before his wife, Mary Kennedy, was arrested for drunk driving, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed for divorce. The son of slain presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy filed divorce papers May 12 in the Westchester County Clerk's Office.
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 Throughout singer Melissa Etheridge's very public battle with cancer in 2004, actress and wife Tammy Lynn Michaels was seen as a pillar of support during an extremely difficult time. In fact, the pair, married in Malibu, Calif., in 2003, seemed built to last -- overcoming not only cancer but career highs and lows as well as the busy personal life of raising twin daughters. This makes their recent split all the more surprising. According to her blog, Tammy Lynn Michaels herself was shocked by the divorce. Here's one woman who will undoubtedly be seeking divorce advice in Pasadena.
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Reinventing Relationships
Your marital relationship is over, but what about your relationship with your in-laws, their relationship with your children, or even your relationship with your ex-spouse's new Significant Other? What is healthy and appropriate? Since no one has written the new rules and codes of social conduct for relationships engendered by divorce, we asked some experts to share their insights with us.
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Successful Sepfamilies
How to create a happy, functional stepfamily.
By Jeffrey Cottrill
Perhaps you're getting married to someone with children from a previous relationship, or else you have children and are getting remarried. Are you (or your new partner) ready for an instant stepfamily? To make it work, you need to let go of any preconceived notions you may have about the situation -- and make room for adjustment and compromise.
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 Full esteem ahead
Reclaiming your self-esteem after divorce is a critical part of the healing process. Here are some suggestions to help you on your way.
By Jane Nahirny
Marlene was 36 years old and a successful real-estate agent when her spouse of seven years told her he wanted a divorce. An attractive woman who seemed to exude confidence, Marlene had many friends and a fulfilling career; she was well respected in her community and secure (or so she thought) in her marriage. All that changed with her separation and divorce: "It was like the ground had shifted under my feet... I couldn't get my bearings," she remembers. "My self-esteem dipped to an all-time low. I questioned every decision I made, and found it difficult to find happiness in my life. It took time and a lot of hard work to get back to my old self."
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 Your Money Personality
Do you have a realistic sense of the money attitudes and
behaviors you exhibit in your daily life? This article will help you increase
your self-awareness as you gain an overview of your present relationship to
money (its strengths as well as its weaknesses) and of your money personality
in general.
By Olivia Mellan
Most of us have powerful feelings
about money. These feelings can make it hard for us to arrive at rational
decisions about our money and to keep our relationships harmonious when
dealing with money. Some people feel guilty about having too much money; some
feel ashamed of not having enough or not making enough. Others are afraid to
deal with money at all fearing that it will corrupt them in some way or make
them feel inadequate. Still others worry constantly about money, and this
worrying affects the quality of their lives -- whether they have enough money
or not. And some feel a kind of free-floating anxiety about money but have no
idea where it's coming from. It's common for people to harbor a variety of
feelings about money at the same time, and even to switch from one set of
feelings to another (e.g., worrying and obsessing about money one day and
then completely avoiding the issue of money the next day).
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Working with Your Attorney to Get the Best Results Possible
by John Ventura and Mary Reed
Providing Your Attorney with Essential Information
In order to represent
you well in your divorce and to get at all the facts involved, your attorney needs a lot of information, including basic
information about your family, marriage, finances, reason(s) for
divorce, and so on. Although you probably shared some of this information with
your attorney during your initial get-acquainted meeting, when you're actually
working together, he or she will need much more.
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 You've already met with your family lawyer in Pasadena. You've gotten rid of her floral print love seat. You've moved into a respectable single man's apartment. You've gotten a new wardrobe. So when is it time to start dating again?
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 Many times when people are seeking divorce advice in Pasadena, they are also wondering how to file a restraining order. We see couples in the news like Mel Gibson and ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva file dueling restraining orders. We hear about everyone from Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to reality TV star Jack Osbourne filing restraining orders against harassing parties. Yet what do we actually know about restraining orders and how to file them?
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 Supermodel Stephanie Seymour has been in the business of being beautiful since her days as a Victoria's Secret model in the late '80s and '90s. But her current role as a divorcing Connecticut housewife is far from pretty. Seymour and her estranged husband, billionaire paper mill mogul Peter Brant, appeared at a state Superior Court in Stamford on Monday for a pre-trial hearing. This bitter and dramatic divorce is not unlike those seen by the toughest family lawyers in Pasadena.
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 As family lawyers, we see a lot of twists and turns both in and out of Pasadena courts. We like to say that nothing surprises us anymore. But we never thought we'd see Jeremy London, star of family-friendly TV hits like Seventh Heaven and Party of Five, involved in a drama that started with a divorce and ended with a kidnapping and crack smoking. Yet as more details emerge, it is clear that London's life has taken a considerably darker turn since his days as a teen idol. Many close to London cite a bitter custody battle and divorce from wife Melissa Cunningham as reasons for his strange behavior.
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Ask any Pasadena divorce attorney and they'll tell you that $750 million is a whopper of a settlement. And that's exactly what several online media organizations are reporting Elin Woods will be walking away with from her soon-to-be ex-husband, golf superstar Tiger Woods. Sources close to the couple say the ink is almost dry on a divorce deal that would finally put an end to a marriage rocked by rumors of dozens of mistresses, sexual addiction, and domestic violence since last November.
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Talk about blind-sided: The tabloids have been panting for weeks over the possibility of a reunion between Sandra Bullock and Jesse James. Gossip mavens wondered if she had forgiven him, or if the couple's newly-adopted son brought them back together. They wondered why they've been seen together recently. Well, wonder no more. According to Radar Online, Sandra Bullock pulled a fast one on the press and quietly signed divorced papers on Monday in Texas. The divorce papers, which were filed on April 23 in a Travis County court, were signed by both parties and ordered sealed, meaning the documents will not be released publicly.
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During times of stress like divorce the first thing to fly out the window is our diet. We seek comfort in cheesy pizza, bottles of red wine and pints of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Couple that with trips to the drive-thru on our way to our family lawyer in Pasadena and you have a recipe for diet disaster. While junk food provides some distraction and is certainly easy to find, it could be the worse thing to do while going through a divorce.
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