Life-Saving Divorce

Divorce and Child Custody Depositions: How to Prepare (What to Expect)

One of my readers recently asked how to prepare for a child custody deposition. If you’ve never been through one before, it’s completely understandable to feel nervous. Fortunately, a deposition is not a trial. It’s simply part of the discovery process, where the opposing attorney learns what you know befo...

💡 What People Expect vs. What Hope Restored Actually Delivers

The chart below summarizes key differences between what most couples believe they’re paying for—and what Restoring Hope (2023) actually describes.

📊 Chart: The Gap Between Client Expectations and Hope Restored’s Claims

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A young married pastor recently wrote to me as if I had not weighed the cost of divorce carefully enough

Here’s my message to him:

Young man, devout Christians in horrific marriages have weighed
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The tide is turning. In 2015, nearly 3 in 4 Protestant pastors surveyed by LifeWay Research reported they did not view divorce for physical abuse as a sin, according to this study. Pastors who once opposed divorce for anything other than adultery are changing their min...

Best Parenting Plan Workbook for High-Conflict Divorce

There are many good parenting plan resources, but they do not all serve the same kind of parent.

Some parenting plan books are written for parents who are basically reasonable, even if they disagree. Some are written to help parents think through child ...