What You Need to Know About Divorcing a Narcissist – They Are Their Own Best Friend Divorce is never easy, but divorcing a narcissist adds an extra layer of complexity to an already challenging process. Living with a...
Author: O'Connor Family Law
Seeing the Signs Before It’s Too Late Anyone in love with their spouse will tell you that the feelings they have for that special someone sometimes blinds them from seeing their faults. Failing to see the signs of a...
PART I: OWNERSHIP BASICS As human beings, it is normal for us to assign feelings of ownership to things. Ownership is, in many ways, an expression of self. The things we create, earn, or otherwise acquire all say something...
We’re going to be blunt here: You do not want to go to trial to resolve your divorce case. Trial is messy, it’s expensive, and it takes control of your life out of your hands and puts it on the shoulders of someone who...
Cracking Open the Piggy Bank If you are making any kind of filing in Family Court that may involve some kind of finances – child support, alimony, asset division, etc. – you are going to be required to submit some degree...
More Than You’ve Ever Wanted to Know Have you ever stopped and thought about how much you know about doing laundry? These days, most machines are actually pretty straightforward – Clothes go in, clothes get wet and soapy,...
Baby, Baby….Oh There is so much about pregnancy to love (assuming you were planning for it). The creative frenzy of scribbling down names, nesting and adorning a nursery waiting for that little spark of life, the regular...
It Hurts Toxic relationships are always some of the hardest to resolve because it’s never as simple as just leaving. It’s addictive. Reinforced by intermittent positive reinforcement, codependency is easily established....
To Infinity, and Beyond One of the recurring themes that you’re likely to see as you move through a divorce is the idea of reinvention. Starting fresh, doing something new, being that person who you always wanted to be....
Your Best Foot Forward One of the most important aspects of coming up with a great idea is figuring out how to package and sell that idea or concept to someone else. It’s fundamental to the practice of persuasion; by...