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,…

Gray Divorce: Why More People Are Starting Over After 50

It Is Not as Uncommon as It Used to Be There is a term you may be hearing more often lately: gray divorce. It refers to couples who are divorcing at age 50 or older, or after 20 or more years of marriage. What used to be relatively rare is now becoming a significant shift…

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…

What is Kids First Mediation?

What If You Could Get Divorced Without Ever Stepping Foot in a Courtroom? For many people, divorce immediately brings to mind courtroom battles, long legal fights, and overwhelming stress. But that is not the only way to move through the process. There is another option called Kids First Mediation™. This process is designed for families…

Considering Divorce This January? Why This Can Be a New Beginning — Not the End

If you’re reading this and divorce has been quietly sitting in the back of your mind, January has a way of bringing that truth into focus. The holidays are over.The noise has settled.And the questions you’ve been avoiding start asking to be answered. If that’s where you are, I want you to know this: you…

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…

Divorce Proof Your Marriage

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It may sound a little odd to be getting marriage advice from a divorce attorney. I have survived a high conflict divorce, been happily married for 10 years to my current husband, and have handled 100s of divorces as an attorney. It may be safe to say, I have learned a thing or two about…

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?!

Green Flags: What to look for when you hire a divorce attorney

January has been coined “divorce month” in the United States. Statistically speaking – more people file for divorce in the month of January than any other. This likely because people are evaluating their lives at the end of the year, and ready to make a fresh start. Others were just waiting to get through one…

Everything You Need to Know about a Parent Coordinator

In October I completed the certification training to become a Certified Parent Coordinator. Most people have never heard of a parent coordinator. So this blog post answers the most commonly asked questions regarding PCs. What is a parent coordinator and what do they do? A parent coordinator is usually either a mental health professional or attorney who…