By Beverly Willett Each year, the Supreme Court of the United States officially begins a new term on the first Monday in October. For lawyers, this start of a new season is filled with excitement and anticipation as the Court hears oral arguments, delivers opinions and decides whether to grant certiorari on some of the […]
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CHANGING THE WAY WE DIVORCE
April 23, 2013 12 Comments
Written by Chris Gersten and Beverly Willett For more than 40 years, Americans have by and large ignored the devastating consequences of no-fault divorce on our nation’s families. All that is about to change. In 2011 we launched the Coalition for Divorce Reform (CDR), a non-partisan coalition of divorce reform leaders, marriage educators, domestic violence […]
Should Filing For Divorce Be Harder?
February 14, 2013 1 Comment
Written by Beverly Willett In my view, obtaining a divorce today couldn’t get much easier. And that’s a great — and unnecessary sadness. We all want to be happy. But our current me-centered approach to divorce isn’t working, and children bear the brunt. Every year one million children lose the protection that, experts agree, marriage affords. Evidence shows […]
Divorce Reform IS Possible In 2013
December 11, 2012 4 Comments
Written by Beverly Willett The election may be over, but America remains as divided as ever.[1] And our leaders and our citizens have their eyes focused in the wrong direction because the number one problem facing America today is simply not the deficit or unemployment or health care. It’s family instability. Moreover, the welfare of […]
The Mouths of Babes
May 22, 2012 8 Comments
Written by Beverly Willett We have a tradition at the Episcopalian parish I attend. Every Sunday after mass, parishioners and visitors gather in the parish hall to greet one another and snack on refreshments provided by the Hospitality Guild. A few minutes into the get-together Father Cullen, our priest, rings a bell on the wall […]
Coalition for Divorce Reform Mission Statement
For too long, America has suffered the negative consequences of having the highest divorce rate in the industrial world. The price paid for hundreds of thousands of unnecessary divorces each year has proved to be devastating not only for divorced women and men, but particularly for our nation’s children. Indeed, in the last 40 years, […]
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Linda Chavez Linda Chavez is the author of “An Unlikely Conservative: The Transformation of an Ex-Liberal.” To find out more about Linda Chavez, visit the Creators Syndicate web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2011 CREATORS.COM Website URL: http://www.creators.com John Crouch John Crouch is a family law and estate planning attorney and mediator in Arlington, Virginia. […]
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For too long, America has suffered the negative consequences of having the highest divorce rate in the industrial world. The price paid for hundreds of thousands of unnecessary divorces each year has proved to be devastating not only for divorced women and men, but particularly for our nation’s children. Indeed, in the last 40 years, […]
The Beauty of the Pause
November 4, 2011 1 Comment
Written by Beverly Willett So many people I know seem caught up in a non-stop roll — constantly e-mailing, tweeting, Facebook status posting, Blackberrying, texting. Me included, at times. Whatever comes into our heads seems to move straight through our fingers and out into cyberspace. It seems we simply don’t have time to think anymore; in other cases, however, we don’t […]
Is Divorce Literally Killing Our Nation’s Children?
September 6, 2011 Leave a Comment
Written by Beverly Willett People continue their outrage over the fact that Casey Anthony is a free woman. I wonder, though, if those screaming injustice know that for decades millions of parents have perhaps been contributing to the death of their own children. And, if they did, whether they’d shout as loudly, or instead […]
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