Your First Holidays After Divorce: How to Take Care of Yourself

Your First Holidays After Divorce: How to Take Care of Yourself The holidays are supposed to be about making memories and sharing traditions. But when you’re divorced or separated, they can feel completely overwhelming. Everywhere you look there are happy families and perfect pictures. And maybe this is the first year you’ll wake up on…

Why Your Divorce Lawyer Shouldn’t Be the Only Expert on Your Team

Why Your Divorce Lawyer Shouldn’t Be the Only Expert on Your Team I’m going to start with something most divorce lawyers would never say out loud. I am not the expert on every single area of your case. You come to a lawyer scared and overwhelmed, wanting someone to say they have it all handled.…

How to Choose an Attorney Who Will Not Make Your Divorce Worse

The Advice Everyone Gives You Is Wrong The moment people find out you are getting divorced, the advice starts. And it is almost always some version of the same sentence. Get the meanest lawyer in town. Your brother in law says it. A coworker says it. Someone in a Facebook group says it with great…

Amicable Divorce in Florida: What It Actually Means and Who It Is For

The Word That Makes People Hang Up When I use the word “amicable” on a consultation call, I can usually hear the change in someone’s breathing. It is the sound of a person deciding I do not understand their situation. Because “amicable” sounds like a requirement. It sounds like I am telling you that in…

Why Gray Divorce Requires a Different Approach

Why Gray Divorce Requires a Different Approach If you’re considering divorce later in life, you’ve probably realized that your priorities are different than they would have been 20 or 30 years ago. Gray divorce isn’t simply divorce at an older age. It’s an entirely different stage of life with different concerns, different goals, and different…

Why More Women Are Choosing Divorce Later in Life

Why More Women Are Choosing Divorce Later in Life For many women, the decision to divorce doesn’t happen overnight. It’s often the result of years of reflection, growth, and asking difficult questions about what they want the next chapter of their lives to look like. If you’re considering divorce in midlife, you’re not alone. In…

Summer Self-Care Tips for Divorced Parents

Creating a Summer of Healing After Divorce For divorced parents, summer often brings a different routine than the rest of the year. Between vacation schedules, modified timesharing arrangements, and extended visits with the other parent, many moms and dads find themselves spending significantly more time away from their children. If your divorce is still fresh,…

When Midlife Shifts Everything: Navigating Divorce, Menopause, and a New Beginning

No One Prepares You for This Chapter No one tells you that in your 50s, you might be facing perimenopause, the end of a long-term marriage, and the need to completely reinvent your life all at once. It is not the chapter you planned. It is not the version of your story you imagined. And…

Divorce Mediation

In April I completed the training to become a Florida Supreme Court Certified family law mediator. This summer The Law Office of Christine Diorio will begin offering divorce mediation services. I believe that divorce mediation is the most beneficial and cost effective way to settle your divorce case. This article breaks down what divorce mediation…

Celebrate Valentine’s Day Single

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Celebrating Valentine’s Day while single can be really hard and cause a whole mix of emotions. Trust me, I’ve been there. Nothing can make you feel more lonely and heartbroken than watching your married friends go out on romantic dinner dates filled with flowers and candy. How are you supposed to celebrate love when you’re single and maybe even still heartbroken?!