If you are connected to a narcissist as a spouse or a soon-to-be ex-spouse, you need to know that narcissists are motivated by receiving admiration and not necessarily love. This makes long-term relationships difficult - if not impossible. Narcissists make close...
Month: January 2014
Dealing with a narcissistic spouse in a child custody battle
What happens when the person you married turns out to be a narcissist? How do you navigate the issue of child support, visitation, not to mention the divorce? Once you realize that you are fearful of losing your mind and have left him or her, a truly vicious divorce...
Film ‘Philomena’ raises critical child custosy concerns
If a child is torn apart by bitter strife and arguing between his or her mother and father leading up to and during a divorce, one parent is likely to lose. If alienating behavior is proven in court, a competent judge needs to enforce interventions that protect the...
Man watches film on child custody, feels his own loss
After a viewing of the movie called " Philomena," one person was forced to face the truth about their custody issues. " Philomena" is a movie about an Irish teenager who became pregnant and is set in earlier times when being pregnant while unmarried was a huge...
Part 2: Tips on surviving divorce
Part two of this series on surviving divorce will address more of the issues that one person had to deal with when facing divorce. Many times, a divorce can be demeaning to both your mental health and your physical health. This is one person's journey from defeated to...
Tips on surviving divorce
A divorce is never an easy thing to go through. However, a divorce does not have to be a decision that makes you feel hopeless. Here are some tips that one woman gives us to survive the aftermath of a divorce, and some of them are quite surprising.The first tip is to...
Rise in cohabitation could spur family law issues
Texas residents may have grown up believing that you get married first and then have children. Living together or having children out of wedlock was taboo. Now, times have changed and living together - instead of getting married - is now the norm when a couple faces...
More women are paying ex-husbands spousal support
A few decades ago, a Texas woman paying her ex-husband alimony would have been unheard of. Now, women are no longer the only ones getting the alimony checks. Because many women are now the breadwinners of the household, more and more are asking for - and receiving -...
Child custody dispute results in criminal charges for father
When a child is born and the parents separate or divorce, one or both of the parents may have issues with the custody agreement. When Texas parents both want custody of the child, it can lead to disputes or even abductions. One father went so far as to take his...
Modern dads: Fathers’ rights to take paternity leave
In the past, Texas fathers rarely took time off work after their children were born. When their wife was in labor, they drove her to the hospital, stayed there until she gave birth and immediately went back to the job as if nothing happened. Now, today's new fathers...
