QuickTips Index

The Divorce Test
Is your marriage headed for divorce? Answer these 8 questions to find out if your spouse is right for you.

How to Communicate With Your Spouse
What we don’t hear is what communication is and how to communicate in a marriage. You see, communication is more than the ability to open your mouth and spew forth words. It takes skill to communicate properly and if you aren’t communicating properly you might as well be talking to a wall.

How To Express Healthy Anger
In a healthy marriage both spouses feel free to express their emotions, needs and desires. It is inevitable that expressing emotions can, at times mean expressing healthy anger and engaging in conflict. Anger is a healthy part of a relationship if the anger is properly expressed.

Significant Loss Can Trigger Midlife Crisis
How many times have you heard of someone going into a Midlife Crisis shortly after loosing a parent to death? Significant loss can trigger midlife crisis in some. Why? Because the death of someone we are close to often brings up issues related to our own mortality .

Stress Over Debt And It’s Relationship To Midlife Crisis
It is an understatement to say that debt can have a negative aspect on a person’s life. Stress over debt has a negative impact on a person both and emotionally. If your debts have mounted it is constantly on your mind. It is hard to live life the way you want when you feel overwhelmed with the amount of money you owe others.

Is Your Ex Stalking You?
Is your ex stalking you? Would you recognize stalking behaviors and be able to protect yourself against a stalker? Stalking by an ex-spouse is a serious crime and one where law enforcement officials should become involved.

Blended Family Holiday Celebrations
What do you get when you blend families? Unresolved feelings, bitterness, mixed loyalties, step-parents and confused children. Add a Holiday and you’ve extra challenges to meet and overcome.

HowTo File For a Legal Separation
Now that you’ve decided to legally separate from your spouse you may be wondering how to file for a legal separation. Before doing anything make sure you fully understand that a legal separation is a binding, legal contract that is just as important as a divorce settlement agreement.

The Do’s And Don’ts Of Online Dating After Divorce
If you are taking advantage of online dating sites or thinking about venturing into the world of online dating, below are some Do’s and Don’ts I’ve put together based own my personal experience.

Finding Divorce Records Online
Need a copy of your divorce record or, are you wishing to find out the particulars of someone else’s divorce? Whichever, divorce records are an abundant source of information.

A Comprehensive Look at Divorce Lawyers
You’ve made the decision to divorce; now you have to wade through all the ads for divorce lawyers in the yellow pages and decide which one is right for you.

How Can I Help My Children Get Over Their Holiday Blues?
A few suggestions on how to deal with your child’s sadness during the Holiday Season and fulfill their needs.

Marital Problems That Often Lead to Divorce
Marital problems don’t always lead to divorce. At times they may cause you to feel like you want to run screaming toward the courthouse but, that doesn’t have to be the situation.

Collaborative Divorce Team
The process of divorcing using the Collaborative divorce approach involves the formation of a Collaborative divorce team that, together, identifies goals, objectives, obstacles, methods and solutions.

Navigating Holidays as a Blended Family
Navigating holidays as a blended family creates special challenges. Although the challenges can be great, they are not insurmountable .

The Role Of The Child Specialist in Collaborative Divorce
In Collaborative Divorce the Child Specialist meets with the children and gets to know the children. In getting to know the children, the Child Specialist is able to learn what their questions are, what their fears are, what their concerns are and what their struggles are as it pertains to their parent’s divorce.

Surviving the Holidays While You’re Surviving Divorce
What do you do with the holidays when dealing divorce or broken relationships make you wonder, “how can I celebrate anything?”

Creating The Financially Smart Divorce
In dealing with the financial aspects, observing the following Dos and DON'Ts will start you on the road to creating The Financially Smart Divorce.

Divorce is Like a Death in the Family
During Divorc you may be surprised by the long, arduous journey of emotions that you are experiencing, the seemingly insurmountable mountains and endless valleys.

I’M Getting A Divorce: Bah Humbug To Valentine's Day
At times, our clients do ask us what they should do on Valentien's Day. We are not qualified to treat people with emotional pain and feelings of loneliness. Nevertheless, we often end up giving advice based on common sense and based on our experience.

New Florida Custody Laws
Effective October 1, 2008 new Florida custody law has abolished the use of the words "custody" and "visitation" in all family law actions.

Make Any Divorce Better
So, what does the legal divorce accomplish for your real divorce? Surprisingly little, as you will see -- it is just a subcategory of the practical real divorce.

Child Discipline In The Blended Family
As parents in a blended family the most important issue you will face is how your children will be disciplined.

Delaine Moore Bio
Delaine Moore Bio

Tips For Blended Families
If you remarry someone with children, you of course want the transition into the new relationship and marriage to be easy. Below are a few tips to help you transition into a blended family. Read them and commit yourself to using them in your new blended family.