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Q&A: Can Grandparents (Like Kris Jenner) Win Custody of GrandKids if the Parents Divorce?

CAN GRAND PARENTS LIKE KRIS JENNER WIN CUSTODY OF GRANDKIDS? It sounds totally crazy but it is possible that grandparents could win custody of minor children during a particularly protracted divorce battle where parents are both deemed unfit. This happened recently in Lisa Marie Presley’s case, I believe, where her mother Priscilla Presley was awarded …

On Renewing Your Wedding Vows in Lieu of Filing for Divorce

RENEWING YOUR WEDDING VOWS INSTEAD OF FILING FOR DIVORCE Renewing your wedding vows is a thing a lot of people try before they file for divorce. Celebrities do it a lot. Heidi Klum and Seal, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, Khloe, and Lamar. Clearly, this strategy does not always work. Renewing your wedding vows does …

DIVORCE IN THE DIGITAL AGE: TOP 10 PITFALLS

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Getting Divorced

Divorce In The Digital Age: Top 10 Tech Pitfalls by Sherri Donovan Posting photos on social media, like Facebook and Instagram, that will compromise your standing as a responsible parent. Photos that show you partying are a problem. Postings on social media are being used against parents in custody disputes and are permitted as evidence. …

PARIS: A recap of the 2014 Divorce Conference at INED

The 2014 Paris divorce conference – by Lawyer X The Twelfth Conference of the Network for the Sociological and Demographic Study of Divorce was held in Paris at INED (institut national d’etudes demographiques) from October 2 – 4, 2014. I was lucky to have been invited. I took the Metro to Porte de Montreuil and …

Abbie Dorn v. Dan Dorn: Judge rules brain damaged mom can get visitation with triplets above dad's objections

Brain dead mom gets visitation with her triplets Speaking of men being unable to handle “illness” in a spouse. I just got wind of this story from the Associated Press about Dan Dorn and his brain-damaged wife, Abbie Dorn. Seems Abbie became brain damaged during childbirth of triplets (oh my god) and due to medical …

Halle Berry's custody brawl: (A letter to the Oscar Winner with some practical tips and unsolicited advice re custody battle)

Notwithstanding what we wrote here, or, I should say, in addition to what we wrote here: http://www.divorcesaloon.com/2011/02/16/halle-berry-reportedly-quits-film-to-fight-for-custody-of-daughter-nahla-aubry/ we also want to send a letter to Ms. Berry regarding her custody battle with her baby’s daddy: Dear Halle Berry, I want to talk to you about your custody battle with Gabriel. I don’t want to say I told …

Divorce advice for the blended family: How to deal with the custody issues after a divorce

DIVORCE & BLENDED FAMILIES: HOW TO DEAL WITH THE CUSTODY ISSUES AFTER A DIVORCE
If someone told me that there are more “blended families” in America than there are traditional families, I would not disbelieve it. While the divorce rates are a lot lower than the proverbial 50% that pundits will have us believe, a huge percentage of marriages do end in divorce and of that number, a huge percentage remarry, creating blended families. (Not to mention economic reasons that have caused many adult kids to move back home; so there are the blended families that also include grandparents as well.)
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On divorcing Obama: The president's poll numbers show supporters are leaving him en masse; two reasons why and what he can do

President Obama is not feeling the love from a lot of former supporters, including Democrats and Independents. One might say that these voters have pretty much asked for a divorce. Quite frankly, I think he called this on himself. But it’s not over yet. This marriage can be saved with just a modicum of changes …

Co-parenting as a way to reduce the impactfulness of divorce

MTV is flirting with the idea of a docu-series about kids and divorce. After they contacted our blog asking us to post an announcement that they are seeking participants for the show, we sort of had divorce and teens on our collective cerebral cortex. There is no question that divorce is a very impactful event …

The Beresford-Redman kids: Should the grandparents (Bruce's folks) get permanent custody?

Bruce Beresford Redman, the Survivor producer is out on bail but stuck in Mexico pending the outcome of the investigation into his wife Monica’s strangulation murder. In the meantime, his parents have moved for permanent guardianship of his two children with his late wife, and according to TMZ, the parents claim that Bruce would want …