Gosselin Claws Come Out…

By Heather Faucher | Posted on September 9, 2009 | Filed Under Divorce 

Wow, things are really getting heated between Jon and Kate Gosselin post-divorce. Jon has finally started speaking out publicly about his failed relationship and why he felt he had to get away from his wife–and her alleged abuse. “I was verbally abused. I was beaten down,” the 32-year-old ‘Jon and Kate Plus 8′ dad said on Good Morning America.

“She separated me from my family. She used to hold the kids over my head and say, ‘Don’t spend time with your mom, spend time with your kids.’ Why can’t I spend time with my mom and kids together?” he said. “Our relationship will never be fixed. I think down the road we might be friends, but at this point in time I don’t think so,” he said.

“It’s just like the change from America’s favorite dad to dirt-bag. Tomorrow I could be maybe… America’s favorite dad again. It could be after this interview. I don’t know. Whatever they want to write, let them write it. They’re going to write it anyway. I’ve learned that lesson,” he added. Read more

Divorce Touchy Subject in Cases of Domestic Violence

By Heather Faucher | Posted on August 4, 2009 | Filed Under Divorce 

According to the American Institute on Domestic Violence, 5.3 million women are abused each year. Additionally, at least 1,232 women are killed each year by an intimate partner. Domestic violence remains the leading cause of injury to women, and women are far more likely to be attacked by someone they know rather than a random stranger. Ironically, while men typically fall victim to violent crimes more often than women, women are victimized by intimate partners 5 to 8 times more often than men. In fact, statistics show that 21% of violent crimes against women are committed by an intimate partner, whereas only about 2% of the violence committed against men are perpetrated by an intimate partner.

Violence is given as a reason for divorce in approximately 22% of middle-class marriages. Separated or divorced women fall victim to the highest rates of intimate partner victimization, with never-married women following at the lower end of the spectrum. Many people look at the battered women who stay in abusive relationships and assume they must not want help if they don’t ask for it, or just “get out” of the dangerous situation they’re in. But sometimes it’s just not that easy.

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Jon & Kate + 8 – Marriage = Reality Show Divorce

By Heather Faucher | Posted on July 14, 2009 | Filed Under Divorce 

One prominent divorce which has been splashing front pages everywhere is that of reality tv stars Jon and Kate Gosselin, parents of twins and sextuplets and stars of the TLC hit series Jon & Kate Plus 8. Of course, with the tension evident in several episodes before they announced their news on the June 22nd episode, the ultimate announcement they were divorcing didn’t exactly come as a huge surprise to most. Unfortunately, now the famed reality series which provided so handsomely for their family will be in no small way blamed for their marriage’s demise–and the media frenzy surrounding the divorce will no doubt traumatize the “Plus 8″ (Cara, Maddie, Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah, and Joel) even more than the average child dealing with parental divorce.

The desire to protect their children’s privacy as much as possible may well be why the Gosselins chose to file their initial divorce papers in Pennsylvania’s Montgomery County instead of Berks County, where their home is actually located. Montgomery County automatically seals divorce papers in its jurisdiction, a practice that isn’t all that typical these days and came before no-fault divorce.

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Someone Needs to Think of the Children…Seriously!

By Heather Faucher | Posted on June 3, 2009 | Filed Under Divorce 

When it comes to divorce, it’s all too easy to focus only on your own needs and desires without considering the ones who should be most important–your children. Too true that staying in a bad marriage will have a negative effect on kids, but pulling vicious stunts simply to stick it to your soon-to-be ex will definitely hurt them far more. It’s hard to stay courteous when going through a bitter divorce. But, for your children’s sake, you should make a serious effort.

Steps to help make the process easier on your children:

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