Michael Heath
DIVORCE BLOG
How to end your marriage without going to court... it's all in the book, The Courtless Divorce, and supplemental articles by author Michael Heath in this blog.
May 16, 2024
Divorce Among Older Couples Is Becoming More Common by Michael Heath Gray divorce is defined as the ending of a marriage where the spouses are fifty […]
May 10, 2024
Talking Divorce with a Special Someone by Michael Heath Divorce is so prevalent that everyone knows someone who has been through a marital breakup. When a […]
May 2, 2024
Mediation Skills that Favor Success by Michael Heath Couples who decide to end their marriage without retaining matrimonial lawyers have chosen to negotiate for themselves. Mediators […]
April 25, 2024
Dealing with the Ex’s Family Requires Care and Strategy by Michael Heath It has been said that you can pick your friends, but you can’t pick […]
April 11, 2024
Statistics Related to Marriage Failures Are Discouraging but Show Improvement by Michael Heath Is the divorce rate in the US fifty percent? Well, it may depend […]
April 4, 2024
Revenge Has a Huge Downside by Michael Heath If someone walked down a busy sidewalk surveying people on whether they would rather have $50,000 in the […]
March 27, 2024
A Short Marriage Early in Life Need Not Be Devastating by Michael Heath The term starter marriage is commonly seen as a first marriage that lasts […]
March 21, 2024
Deciding Who Will Mediate the Divorce Negotiations by Michael Heath When a couple decides to divorce, voluntary mediation (a.k.a. courtless mediation) can be an attractive option […]
March 15, 2024
Some Couples Live Separate Lives but Remain Legally Married By Michael Heath Until November of 1996, it was illegal for couples in Ireland to divorce one […]
March 8, 2024
Divorce Litigation Language Creates Dreadful Perceptions by Michael Heath When hearing the word divorce, what goes through people’s minds? Maybe scenes of a couple arguing? A […]
March 1, 2024
Negotiating a Divorce Settlement That Satisfies Both Spouses by Michael Heath The idea that two sides can settle a dispute to the point where both are […]
February 9, 2024
Parents Need Their Own Strategy When an Offspring’s Marriage Fails by Michael Heath Whether a son or daughter is in their early years or has entered […]
October 3, 2024
Divorced Parents Can Take the Fear Out of Their Children’s Halloween by Michael Heath The All Hallows Eve holiday of costumes and trick-or-treating may seem unimportant […]
September 26, 2024
Celebrating One’s Independence Day by Michael Heath A relatively recent cultural trend has been in recognizing a marriage’s end by throwing a party. This salute to […]
September 19, 2024
Convincing a Spouse to Mediate by Michael Heath A marriage may need to end but how it is brought to dissolution can affect both spouses for […]
September 12, 2024
One of the Ways to End a Marriage Without Litigating by Michael Heath Everyone knows what traditional divorce is. Spouses hire lawyers to fight for them […]
September 4, 2024
Getting Exactly What You Don’t Pay For by Michael Heath “Free” anything is often tempting. Who doesn’t like being rewarded with a gift or belonging to […]
August 8, 2024
Divorcing Without a Lawyer Is a Slippery Slope by Michael Heath Pro se is Latin for “by itself.” Used in law, it means to represent oneself. […]
August 2, 2024
Using Private Meetings to Help Achieve a Breakthrough by Michael Heath It is not uncommon for divorce mediation negotiations to grind to a halt. Maybe tempers […]
July 25, 2024
Seeking Solutions Together for Positive Results by Michael Heath Mother Theresa was invited to participate in an anti-war demonstration. The world-famous Catholic nun declined the request, […]
June 25, 2024
by Michael Heath The Netflix-distributed movie Marriage Story is enmeshed in the subject of divorce and all its unnecessary cost and ugliness. The main characters, Charlie […]