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Katrina Xyloportas: Why You Settle Better Than a Judge
Season 2023 Episode 44
If you are dreading a trial, the odds are you will never have one. Katrina Xyloportas, a New Jersey family law attorney, says about 98 percent of div…
3 years, 5 months ago
Kara Bellew: Managing a High-Conflict Case, and Your Own Lawyer
Season 2023 Episode 43
Some clients want a lawyer who will scream at the other side, because it feels like protection. Kara Bellew is not that lawyer, and she can explain, …
3 years, 5 months ago
The Double Edged Sword of Parental Alienation and Reunification in Family Court - with Ally Toyos
Season 2023 Episode 42
BTGO welcomes back Ally Toyos, child survivor of a reunification camp and founder of the Instagram community @cjeyouthspeak, for part 2 of our interv…
3 years, 5 months ago
How Family Court Destroyed A Family: The Real Life Story of A Reunification Camp Survivor - with Ally Toyos
Season 2023 Episode 41
BTGO welcomes Ally Toyos, child survivor of a reunification camp and founder of the Instagram community @cjeyouthspeak, for part 1 of our interview. …
3 years, 5 months ago
Annie Alexander: Why Your Divorce Triggers Feel So Big
Season 2023 Episode 40
Annie Alexander's clients rarely book her for their sleep. They book her for something else, and then the sleep improves anyway, which she says has h…
3 years, 5 months ago
Paul Mendelsohn, CPA: Taxes and a High-Conflict Divorce
Season 2023 Episode 39
Taxes do not pause for a divorce, and the year everything comes apart is often the year the numbers stop adding up. Paul Mendelsohn, a CPA in New Jer…
3 years, 7 months ago
Alex Shaw: Coercive Control, Trafficking, and Getting Out
Season 2023 Episode 38
Alex Shaw's daughter gets dropped at her grandparents' farm with a promise to be back in a day or two, and then nobody turns up for a week. The grand…
3 years, 7 months ago
Gloria Williams: Building Confidence in Kids, and in Yourself
Season 2023 Episode 37
Gloria Williams performs, speaks and sings for a living. She also says that making a phone call can take more out of her than any of it. She did not …
3 years, 7 months ago
Cathy Jones: How to Prepare Financially Before You File
Season 2023 Episode 36
Clients arrive at our door saying they made a mistake early on and do not know how to undo it. This episode is the other end of that: the things wort…
3 years, 7 months ago
Stephanie: When Family Court Won't Enforce Its Own Orders
Season 2023 Episode 35
Your ex ignores a court order. You go back to court, and nothing happens. Then it happens again. Attorney Stephanie says the point at which most judg…
3 years, 7 months ago