A little over 10 years ago, he announced to me that he understood why men kill their wives and children. He had just lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in the market, doing stupid day-trading. He lost everything. This was around the same time a man killed his family for the exact same reason. A [...]
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10 Years Ago And So Much Has Changed, Yet Stayed The Same
August 5th, 2009 
admin The Long And Winding Road
May 28th, 2009 admin At 29 years old, after a precarious pregnancy and the subsequent traumatic events following the birth of my daughter, I was done having kids. Finished. Office closed for business. I was perfectly content mothering my little son and his baby sister. Then… Divorce happened. I took my small children and left. And we started our [...]
The Dance Of The Child Support Fairy
March 13th, 2009 admin When I was going through my divorce, it was 2000. My children were 3 1/2 and 1 1/2. Babies. And babies need to be with their Mommy. Especially MY babies. It was a given. Unspoken between my soon to be ex and I, that the sole physical custody would be mine. Because that was how [...]
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Tags: blog, child support, divorce, family, friend of the court michigan not doing enough 
13 Comments »Fun With Ex and Court…
December 2nd, 2008 admin My ex-husband is thousands and thousands of dollars in arrearage. He doesn’t think he should have to help to support his children…at least, not willingly. Every month, we go to court to be seen in front of Friend of the Court. And every month, the day before our hearing…he pays the bare minimum to keep [...]
Lessons Learned In A Parking Lot…
November 17th, 2008 admin A long time ago. A LIFETIME ago. When I was married to my ex husband. We were going to downsize. We had a tremendous house. Expensive cars. A JUMBO mortgage. And…we were sinking. Both financially AND emotionally. So we enlisted the help of a realtor. She showed us a TON of houses. None of them [...]
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