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Dennis Vetrano: Persuading a Family Court Judge
Season 2024 Episode 193
A family court judge may have a stack of other matters the same morning and only a few minutes to give yours. Dennis Vetrano, a New York family law a…
1 year, 11 months ago
Lori and David Sims: Blending a Family With a High-Conflict Ex
Season 2024 Episode 192
Lori Sims went from a single mother with one small son and a clean house to living with five boys, four of them David's and three of those triplets. …
1 year, 11 months ago
Chloe O: Divorce and Co-Parenting Across Borders
Season 2024 Episode 191
Two people move abroad for one person's job. The marriage ends. One of them wants to go home and the other says the children are staying. Neither cou…
1 year, 11 months ago
Arique Dross: Custody Rights, and When Your Ex Won't Comply
Season 2024 Episode 190
Arique Dross was ten when he was removed from his mother and placed in foster care. He would go through about two dozen homes, and a stint at Rikers,…
2 years ago
Julie & David Bulitt: Therapist and Lawyer on High-Conflict Divorce
Season 2024 Episode 189
Every decision you make in a high-conflict divorce tends to set off something you did not plan for. David Bulitt calls it the law of unintended conse…
2 years ago
Meaghan Johnson: Managing Your Mind in a High-Conflict Divorce
Season 2024 Episode 188
Functional depression is Meaghan Johnson's name for doing everything and being nowhere near okay. She describes it as a filter over your eyes: you ha…
2 years ago
Billie Tarascio: When Alienating Behavior Becomes Domestic Violence
Season 2024 Episode 187
An Arizona judge looked at three years of one parent blocking the other from their own child and named it two things at once: parental alienation, an…
2 years ago
Lisa & Chris: Breaking the Cycle of Toxic Relationships
Season 2024 Episode 186
Your children will gravitate toward what feels familiar when they start choosing partners, and what feels familiar is the relationship they grew up w…
2 years ago
Elizabeth Shaw: The Secret Behaviors of Narcissists
Season 2024 Episode 185
One parent refuses to submit financial information so a child can apply for college aid. The court explains that the child is the one who loses. The …
2 years ago
Judge Anthony Bompiani: Why "Perfect Evidence" Loses in Family Court
Season 2024 Episode 184
You walk in with an airtight case and still lose, and it usually isn't because the judge is against you. In this episode, retired family court judge …
2 years ago