Strengthening Marriages in Florida: A Template for Divorce Reform, Complemented by the Latest in Technology
August 22, 2024 By beverlyw Leave a Comment
By Seth Eisenberg In the spring of 2000, Jane and Michael stood hand in hand at the altar, excited yet mindful of the challenges that lay ahead. They were like any other young couple—full of hope, but also cautious about the realities of married life. Two years earlier, Florida had introduced the Marriage Preparation and […]
Suffer Little Children
July 16, 2024 By beverlyw Leave a Comment
by Jason Williams Getting older is weird, at least if you have kids. It’s like doing 30 on the Interstate. Everything else is moving around you so fast that you feel like you’re standing still. I see it the most in my kids’ clothes. Pants, dresses, etc., start out too big so they can grow […]
The Latest Scare Cards to Prop up No-Fault Divorce
May 24, 2024 By beverlyw Leave a Comment
By Beverly Willett After a rash of rumors about a Republican plot to end unilateral no-fault divorce, a writer for The Atlantic has weighed in. The piece devotes exactly one paragraph to the claim, asserting that “Texas has a chance of actually doing it” because Republicans occupy top seats in the executive branch and control […]
How to Divorce-Proof Your Marriage
February 20, 2024 By beverlyw 2 Comments
Janice Shaw Crouse, Ph.D. We’ve all seen shocking divorces: those where the couple had everything going for them and seemed to be perfectly matched. From the outside, such couples seem fine and there doesn’t seem to be anything wrong. On the other side, we’ve seen couples who shock us by staying together when they seem […]
The Constitutional Violations of No-Fault Divorce by Beverly Willett
July 19, 2022 By beverlyw 2 Comments
Author, co-founder of the Coalition for Divorce Reform, and lawyer, Beverly Willett writes about the negative consequences of divorce….[Watch more here at The Law Center} https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAaph7EMv6o
My Personal Path to Peace as a Christian Divorce Attorney
June 19, 2020 By beverlyw 1 Comment
By Sean Smallwood, Esq. As a Christian law student my aspirations of practicing law were rooted in the desire to help other people. To me nothing felt nobler than becoming a successful attorney who devoted his practice to defending those in need of help. As my law school career matured and I drew closer to the […]
On the 50th Anniversary of No-Fault Divorce
August 13, 2019 By beverlyw 1 Comment
By Beverly Willett Until sued for divorce, many spouses have no idea they can be divorced without cause and against their will. I’m a lawyer and I, too, was in the dark right up until my husband left. So why is this violation of the U.S. Constitution that has shattered innocent lives not on the […]
Talking Points from The Longevity Project
2. Facing parental divorce during childhood was the single strongest social predictor of early death, many years into the future [p. 80]
3. Having one’s parents divorce during childhood was a much stronger predictor of mortality risk than was parental death [p. 80]
4. The experience of parental divorce was strongly linked to earlier mortality from all causes, including accidents, cancers, and cardiovascular disease [p. 82]...Read more
Study Demonstrates Reduction in Military Divorce Due to Marriage Education
Findings from a large, randomized controlled trial of couple education are presented in this brief report. Married Army couples were assigned to either PREP for Strong Bonds (n = 248) delivered by Army chaplains or to a no-treatment control group (n = 228)...
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