Category Archives: Separation-Advice

Susan White offers a few preliminary recommendations on how separating couples can avoid some of the common mistakes that complicate the divorce process.

First Things First: Separating Couples Should Get Professional Legal Advice

It’s important to get legal advice in the period between the decision to separate and the actual separation.  Lots of mistakes are made by relying on the experiences of friends and relatives who may consider themselves experts on divorce.  Every … Continue reading

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Separation 101: Children

If the parties have children, one of the worst things to do is to try to get them to side with one parent or the other.  Parental alienation is one of the factors a court will consider when it comes … Continue reading

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Separation 101: Money

In the absence of legal advice is, if there is concern about the availability of funds, one party may be tempted to drain all the existing joint accounts and put all the funds in a separate account.  While it might … Continue reading

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