A Small Fire That Warms is Better Than a Big Fire That Burns
“A small fire that warms is better than a big fire that burns.” In the classic children’s book, The Lorax, Dr. Seuss tells the cautionary tale of the Onceler, a man who invents a popular product that takes the world by storm, but ultimately destroys his world because he doesn’t [...]
Parenting Time and Visitation with Breastfeeding Children – What Does Oregon Law Say?
How does parenting time or visitation occur for a child who is breastfeeding? A judge in Virginia recently made headlines after ordering a breastfeeding mother to start bottle-feeding her 6-month-old daughter so that the child’s father could begin having overnight visits. Reporting on the issue sparked many debates about a [...]
Our Mission Statement
“That has to be so stressful.” Is a common response that you hear when you tell someone, “I’m a divorce attorney.” It’s true to some extent that Oregon divorce attorneys and family law attorneys find themselves in the middle of taxing and high conflict situations. It’s an unavoidable part of [...]
Riding Out the Storm
What to do when your ex is misbehaving. Through the iconic cartoon character, Calvin, the great American cartoonist, Bill Watterson, once wrote, “In my opinion, we don't devote nearly enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.” If you’re in the midst of a divorce, a child custody dispute [...]
The Grey Divorce
More and more couples who are in their 50s and older are getting divorced. Perhaps covid-19 has had a part to play, I’m not sure. I have been seeing many people for Initial Planning Sessions who have been married for 25 years or more and are divorcing. Oftentimes I hear [...]
Love and Divorce in the Time of Covid-19
As the world continues to reel from the effects of a deadly global pandemic, people continue to fall in and out of love—but many have had to put major life decisions on hold. If we learned anything from The Great Recession, it is that when wallets get tight, marriage and [...]