What not to do, in case you weren’t sure
Posted in Divorce on Mar 26th, 2009
In case you weren’t sure, it’s a bad idea to choke your wife, regardless of what your shirt says.
Monthly Archive for March, 2009
Does seeing something everywhere make it “news”?
Lately there have been many stories about the George David divorce trial, including this one in the Hartford Courant and this older one on the CBS News site. The back story on the case is that 67-year-old United Technologies Corporation Board Chair George David is divorcing 36-year-old Swedish countess [...]
“Some couples might as well get divorced right away”
Posted in Divorce on Mar 26th, 2009
This article states that a British mathematician has figured out a formula to predict whether couples are likely to stay together or divorce. In the piece, Oxford University professor James Murray is quoted as saying “some couples might as well get divorce right away”. He claims that his formula has a 94% accuracy rate based [...]
As those who have had parenting matters in King County, Snohomish County or Pierce County know, many Washington counties have local rules that require proof of a parent’s attendance at a parenting seminar. In King County, the seminar is called “What About the Children?” and the goal is to have parents think about what’s going [...]
The Hockey News is not the place I expected to find content for this blog, however this hockey headline is a reminder that folks who divorce are as diverse as our society as whole.
New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur just recently made headlines for breaking the NHL record for wins by a goalie. (It’s 552 [...]
With this post, I’d like to commend James Cook on using his own loss as fuel to take action to make things better for children and parents.
While driving home the other week, I heard this story on NPR (National Public Radio) about the death of James Cook. Known as the father of “joint custody”, Cook [...]
A healthy step to change an unhealthy situation
Posted in Divorce, Domestic Partnership on Mar 5th, 2009
In health news reported today, a researcher at the University of Utah has claimed that women are more negatively affected by a relationship marked by anger and arguing than men. While both men and women from such relationships were more likely to feel depressed than those in a happier marriage, it is the women in [...]