By Jennifer M. Paine

Attorney, Cordell & Cordell, P.C., Detroit office

Note: This is Part 4 of a four-part series on the top 10 mistakes made after a divorce and how to avoid them. Click here to read Part 1, click here to read Part 2, and click here to read Part 3.

In most states, once parties have negotiated and entered into a settlement agreement that the divorce court then incorporates into a decree, the court cannot modify the agreement absent fraud, duress or mutual mistake. So, what can you do to avoid 10 common mistakes made post-divorce? Here are some suggestions.

By Jennifer M. Paine

Attorney, Cordell & Cordell, P.C., Detroit office

Note: This is Part 3 of a four-part series on the top 10 mistakes made after a divorce and how to avoid them. Click here to read Part 1, click here to read Part 2 and click here to read Part 4.

In most states, once parties have negotiated and entered into a settlement agreement that the divorce court then incorporates into a decree, the court cannot modify the agreement absent fraud, duress or mutual mistake. So, what can you do to avoid 10 common mistakes made post-divorce? Here are some suggestions.

By Jennifer M. Paine

Attorney, Cordell & Cordell, P.C., Detroit office

Note: This is Part 2 of a four-part series on the top 10 mistakes made after a divorce and how to avoid them. Click here to read Part 1, click here to read Part 3 and click here to read Part 4.

In most states, once parties have negotiated and entered into a settlement agreement that the divorce court then incorporates into a decree, the court cannot modify the agreement absent fraud, duress or mutual mistake. So, what can you do to avoid 10 common mistakes made post-divorce? Here are some suggestions.

By Jennifer M. Paine

Attorney, Cordell & Cordell, P.C., Detroit office

Note: This is Part 1 of a four-part series on the top 10 mistakes made after a divorce and how to avoid them. Click here to read Part 2, click here to read Part 3 and click here to read Part 4.

In most states, once parties have negotiated and entered into a settlement agreement that the divorce court then incorporates into a decree, the court cannot modify the agreement absent fraud, duress or mutual mistake. So, what can you do to avoid 10 common mistakes made post-divorce? Here are some suggestions.

Understanding the Collaborative Approach By: Kim Douglas Sherman, Esq.
I am a dad, and I am an attorney practicing family law in Florida for over thirty years.  In those years I have seen some colossal battles over children.  Most of the time, when emotions are running high, one of the parents decides that the best way to inflict pain on their soon-to-be ex-spouse is through the children.  That decision is one of the WORST that a divorcing parent can make.  This article contains some effective strategies, and couple of reasons to avoid the urge to use the kids as a weapon.

Sure, you have heard of “what goes around comes around.” I tell my clients that it is truer than you can imagine. It is not just that the mother will have a chance at some time later to take her shot back—but in the many years following the divorce, while the children grow into adulthood, then parenthood– their mother will have many chances to get even.  Children want to love their parents and respect them.  It seems that as the children grow, they figure out what really motivates their parents’ actions, and then they take the hostility personally.