Divorce & Personality Disorder

19 May, 2023

Spouse or Competitor

By Cheryl Stein| 2023-05-19T17:15:41+00:00 May 19th, 2023|Collaborative Divorce, Divorce & Personality Disorder, Divorce Finance, Separation Agreements|

Over my career, I’ve seen many cases in which the parties act more like top-tier competitors as opposed to loving spouses and partners. This almost always causes one of them to feel badly about the relationship because they can’t help but compare their “worth” to their partner’s. They may feel like they’re always outwitted and somehow beaten by them. Usually, dynamics like these involve two highly skilled and highly successful professionals. For example: A couple was running a medical practice together, and (more...)

15 Mar, 2023

Rumbles Before the Quake

By Cheryl Stein| 2023-03-15T20:06:06+00:00 March 15th, 2023|Divorce & Personality Disorder, Divorce Mediation Process, Separation Agreements|

The ground gives off a lot of clues before an earthquake — and so do people. We often hear that someone is “going through a midlife crisis.” It can happen in a way where the person is happy, sad, or in between. A red sports car may be involved, or it may be a new model train hobby. When the person is married, the crisis ends up spreading out to affect the people around them. In most cases, however, there has usually been some (more...)

10 Feb, 2023

Remedies for a Blabbing Spouse

By Cheryl Stein| 2023-03-15T16:29:15+00:00 February 10th, 2023|Collaborative Divorce, Divorce & Personality Disorder, Separation Agreements|

My last post explored the phenomenon of one spouse bad-mouthing the other spouse — to friends, neighbors and places of employment. In this post, we’ll address what you can do about it. There are a wide variety of strategies that can be used to, for lack of a better term, tell your ex to shut up. Specific legal remedies that can be put in place are: •Confidentiality Clauses/Non-Disclosure Agreements: A party can negotiate confidentiality or privacy clauses. Unfortunately, these Agreements are very difficult (more...)

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