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 Related PostsMy Personal Path to Peace as a Christian Divorce Attorney After a rough divorce, last week I stumbled into a World Marriage Day celebration. . . Friendship Before […]
On the 50th Anniversary of No-Fault Divorce
August 13, 2019 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 […]
Hey Kids, One More Thing: How About a “March for Our Families?”
March 28, 2018 Leave a Comment
By David Schel I was intrigued by students walking out of class for seventeen minutes on March 14th as well as March for Our Lives on March 24th. I wonder if their outrage might extend to another area of their lives where they’d be justified in feeling adults have failed them? Just as all kids […]
Don’t Divorce — Why Mending Your Marriage Makes Better Sense
July 2, 2017 Leave a Comment
By Mike McManus Marriage has fallen on hard times. Half of America’s marriages have ended in divorce since 1975 – a divorce rate that is triple that of Britain or France. Dr. Diane Medved offers answers in a compelling new book, Don’t Divorce: Compelling Arguments for Saving and Revitalizing Your Marriage. It is must reading for […]
Children Are Hurt by Marriage Failure
September 20, 2016 1 Comment
By Mike McManus We all know that half of America’s marriages fail – and have for decades. What’s less well known is that America’s marriage rate has plunged in half and unwed births soared 8-fold. Who is most wounded by divorce and non-marriage? Children – innocent victims of their parents’ selfishness. Only 46% of American […]
Time of Divorce Affects Well-being of Children
March 16, 2016 Leave a Comment
By Lori Lowe Many people talk of the “good divorce” and imagine resilient children who go on to have strong relationships with both parents following a family breakdown. That’s not what the research shows generally happens. Instead, when children experience parental divorce, they are more likely to have insecure relationships with their parents once they […]
How To Fix No-Fault Divorce
December 11, 2015 11 Comments
By Mike McManus In the old days, if a spouse wanted a divorce, there had to be proof that a partner was guilty of a major fault – adultery, abandonment, or physical abuse. Marriage was considered a sacred contract agreed to by the man and woman before God and witnesses. Then in 1969 California Gov. […]
My Passion to Serve Children and Save Families
October 15, 2015 Leave a Comment
Written by Greg Griffin In the summer of 2012, I was combing the web looking for work, and I stumbled across the Coalition for Divorce Reform’s (CDR’s) website. I read through the site and the Parental Divorce Reform Act (PDRA), the CDR’s model divorce reform legislation, with interest because my family had gone through a […]
Daughters of Divorce
April 27, 2015 10 Comments
By Aimee Lynch As college-age women find their seats, I consider their faces. Outwardly, we look different. We come from different years in school, and have different majors and varying personalities. All strangers until we began sharing stories about our common bond: we are all daughters of divorce. As a child of divorce myself, and […]
Move Over First Families: Stepfamilies Are the New Game in Town
September 17, 2014 Leave a Comment
By Beverly Willett A few days ago, Honey Maid, the maker of a wide variety of well-known graham cracker products including the honey-flavored Teddy Grahams I once served my own children, unleashed the second installment in its “This is Wholesome” campaign.[1] The campaign, which is accompanied by two videos, celebrates stepfamilies, and was scheduled to coincide […]
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