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Bill Farias: The Art of Persuasion, and When to Go Pro Se
Season 2024 Episode 94
Bill Farias has a simple test before anyone decides to represent themselves in family court: how much is on the line? The longer the marriage and the…
2 years, 7 months ago
Lisa Johnson: Eight Years Pro Se, and a Win in Family Court
Season 2024 Episode 93
Getting good orders is not the finish line. Lisa has had good orders for years and has spent most of that time trying to get them enforced, which is …
2 years, 7 months ago
Jon, Rhino Surveillance: PIs in Custody and Divorce
Season 2024 Episode 92
A gut feeling that something is wrong can sit on a person for a year before they act on it. Jon, who runs Rhino Surveillance outside Nashville, meets…
2 years, 7 months ago
Shea Drefs: Building a Parenting Plan That Closes the Loopholes
Season 2024 Episode 91
A parenting plan is only as strong as its weakest sentence. Shea Drefs spends her days on exactly those sentences: the vague clause, the contradictio…
2 years, 7 months ago
Lianne Houssami: Unbundled Legal Help for Self-Represented Parents
Season 2024 Episode 90
There is a middle option between hiring a lawyer for your entire case and representing yourself with no help at all. Lianne Houssami built her practi…
2 years, 7 months ago
Chelsey Brooke Cole: Surviving the Narcissist Discard
Season 2024 Episode 89
One day they were calling you their soulmate. The next, you are being treated like you never existed. That is the narcissist discard, and it breaks p…
2 years, 7 months ago
Dr. Kristie Overstreet: Intimacy After a Toxic Relationship
Season 2024 Episode 88
Trust and intimacy move together, so when one drops the other follows. Dr. Kristie Overstreet says that pairing is what actually takes a relationship…
2 years, 7 months ago
Beth Tibbott: When Your Ex Lies in a Custody Case
Season 2024 Episode 87
Your ex has worked out that making you look unhinged is how they win in family court. Every text is bait. Beth Tibbott starts her advice right there:…
2 years, 7 months ago
Sean Valentine: Unbundled Legal Help Without a Full Retainer
Season 2024 Episode 86
Sean Valentine builds his family law practice around an idea he calls choose your own adventure. He calls the model unbundled, or limited-scope, serv…
2 years, 8 months ago
Jeff Kaplan: Getting a Stalled High-Conflict Divorce Moving
Season 2024 Episode 85
The people who drag a divorce out are usually not trying to win it. They are trying to wear the other side down and run the cost up until that person…
2 years, 8 months ago