By Steve Henry | Published August 19, 2025 | Posted in Child Custody | Tagged Tags: Divorce, marriage, trauma | Comments Off on How to Talk to Your Kids About Divorce
How to Talk to Your Kids About Divorce
Even under the best circumstances, children experience some trauma when their parents divorce. If you’re breaking up with your co-parent, you have a responsibility to ease your children’s emotional strain. This responsibility starts when you first tell your child(ren) about the divorce, and it lasts long after the marriage or union has been dissolved. As Read More
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What the Kansas Family Law Arbitration Act Means for Divorcing Couples
Serious conflicts over divorce terms and other family law issues often defy easy resolution. Mediation helps people find common ground in many situations, but sometimes people head to court even though they understand the time, cost, and stress associated with litigation. A different form of alternative dispute resolution might be a better option in certain Read More
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Gray Divorce: Navigating Late-Life Separation in Kansas
As our population ages and improvements in healthcare allow many people to remain active well into their retirement years, Americans 50 and above are taking a different approach to divorce than previous generations. While divorces have been down in the general population over the past couple of decades, breakups among spouses in their middle-aged years Read More
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Mental Health and Divorce
Going through a divorce can seem overwhelming in a number of ways. Even beyond the emotional strain associated with the end of a romantic relationship, you might be facing significant financial pressure, and possibly even concerns about the well-being of your children. It’s no surprise that studies back up the commonly held assumption that divorce Read More
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Navigating High-Asset Divorces
Going through a divorce presents emotional and practical challenges. While each breakup is unique, it is generally true that ending a marriage becomes more complicated when the parties possess substantial wealth. High-asset divorces often involve matters that require careful consideration and skillful legal guidance. While it’s apparent why issues such as the distribution of martial Read More
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Your Parenting Plan Needs to Reflect the Times
Most people understand that a parenting plan must address fundamental issues such as visitation schedules and responsibility for key decisions relating to the parties’ children. When parents divorce or live apart without ever having married, they should focus on negotiating clear terms that will have legal force upon approval by the court. However, a comprehensive Read More
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What is Stonewalling in a Marriage or Divorce?
Healthy relationships depend on respectful communication between the parties. From the time we are children, one of the most frustrating experiences is trying to connect with someone who is giving you the silent treatment, either literally, or by failing to provide meaningful responses to the things you say. Modern relationship experts refer to this type Read More
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Can I Secretly Record My Spouse I Suspect of Cheating and Use it in My Divorce Proceedings?
Divorces can be very emotional, and spouses often consider various tactics as their marriage unwinds. Given that modern technology gives people the chance to make secret audio or video recordings relatively easily, there are situations where a divorcing spouse might consider taping their partner in order to catch them in the act of cheating or Read More
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Pet Custody in Kansas Divorce
When a couple in Kansas goes through a divorce, issues like property division and child custody often take center stage. However, for many couples, one of the most emotionally charged aspects of their breakup is determining who will get custody of their beloved pets. Traditionally, states have treated dogs, cats, and other pets as personal Read More
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What Role Does a Child’s Preference Play in Custody Determinations?
The most difficult challenge for many parents who are going through a divorce, or attempting to establish a parenting plan when there was no marriage, is reaching an agreement on child-custody and visitation terms. In the event that consensus cannot be achieved, the judge must set the parameters of the parenting plan based on what Read More
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