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It’s Time to Talk About Arnie . . .
Steve Bochco died last month at age 74. It was big news. Bochco developed and produced some of the most influential TV shows of the last forty years — shows that set the stage for the golden age of TV...
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There Are Pieces Of You You’ve Never Seen.
Last night Kristen and I were out on our balcony. We moved here last summer but didn’t get to any of the outdoor space — it stayed “decorated” with a couple of folding beach chairs courtesy of my...
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Strong in the Broken Places
Two weeks ago, within three days, three very – very! – different shows, Legion, Billions, and Grey’s Anatomy, invoked the same Hemingway quote as significant plot devices. The quote, from A Farewell to...
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A Quick Explanation About Our Divorce Comment
After our blog post about the ubiquitous Arnie Becker a few weeks back, more than a few readers asked us what we meant by the ‘unctuous’ lawyers on HBO’s Divorce. Fair question, so let’s review how and...
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President Trump, Stress, Same Sex Parents, and How We Can Help
The average number of calls we received from same sex parents asking about adopting their children tripled last week. Sadly we weren’t really surprised — the general political climate combined with...
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The Fourth of July and Founding Family Law
Happy Independence Day! As we celebrate the birth of the United States, we thought we’d take a moment to acknowledge a few of the Founding Families . . . because family law issues are hardly new....
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Photographs and Family Law
Here’s something that occurred to us as the graduation season wrapped up and the wedding season took over. You’ve all seen photos like the one above. A player is missing for a championship team’s...
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World Cup Wrap-up (with a family law bent)
A Twitter friend of ours, Francesca, sent the Tweet to the left after Ronaldo and Portugal exited the World Cup a week or so ago virtually simultaneously with Messi’s Argentina. For those who don’t...
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First, enjoy this short, award winning 1950’s style PSA video. Clever, funny, and also right on the nose – things do have a way of spiraling out of control across the social media spectrum. We bring...
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From Tolstoy to Nina Simone
A Few Thoughts About the Freed Marcroft Process I just came back from three days of intensive business seminars exploring ways for us to run Freed Marcroft as efficiently and client-friendly as...
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It’s Hurricane Season, Let’s Talk about ‘Staying’
I ran across an article last week when Hurricane Florence was bearing down on the Carolinas about hurricanes and ‘evacuations.’ The title was somewhat provocative, which is probably what caught my eye:...
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Big, Scary Decisions. Big, Empowered Life.
Kristen Marcroft and Courtney Dillon during their time studying abroad in Ireland. I made a very exciting but scary decision. And you should too. About one year ago, I made a really exciting, but...
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Tough Conversations and The Blind Side
A few weeks ago I did a Webinar with a special guest, Dr. Dori Gatter, from our Hartford offices. It was about the ‘tough conversations’ in life. Sometimes in life the talk you’re most afraid of is the...
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War Games and Winning the Holidays
The holidays are here. Sometimes they seem to sneak up on you, sometimes they don’t so much sneak as lunge. Like this year. We recently responded to a media request for some thoughts about divorce and...
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Happy 2019 . . . Now About Alimony
Meghan was on WTIC radio to talk about this: The new tax code that takes effect this year changes the way alimony is treated for tax purposes. As you can see from the flow chart (left) released by the...
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About the Super Bowl . . .
. . . pretty amazing, right? Two sure-fired Hall-of-Fame, 40-year-old quarterbacks throwing the ball all over the place in the football version of the Last Hurrah. Brady and Brees, back and forth and...
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One More Thing About The Super Bowl . . .
. . . it was boring. At least that was the consensus starting about two minutes after Julian Edelman’s late, great beard* accepted the MVP trophy. The sentiment built and built all week until it’s a...
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From Tolstoy to Nina Simone
A Few Thoughts About the Freed Marcroft Process I just came back from three days of intensive business seminars exploring ways for us to run Freed Marcroft as efficiently and client-friendly as...
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It’s Hurricane Season, Let’s Talk about ‘Staying’
I ran across an article last week when Hurricane Florence was bearing down on the Carolinas about hurricanes and ‘evacuations.’ The title was somewhat provocative, which is probably what caught my eye:...
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Big, Scary Decisions. Big, Empowered Life.
Kristen Marcroft and Courtney Dillon during their time studying abroad in Ireland. I made a very exciting but scary decision. And you should too. About one year ago, I made a really exciting, but...
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