A friend recently sent me a photo from the summer before law school.

We were standing together at the CLEO Program at Arizona State, full of hope, nerves, and ambition — not fully sure what kind of l...

You don’t always get a final straw. But you do get a choice.

“I don’t want to break up my kids’ family.
But staying is breaking me.”

That’s what one woman told me after years of emotional and verbal...

“I Don’t Want to Break Up My Kids’ Family… But Staying Is Breaking Me.”

That’s what a woman told me not long ago.
After years of enduring emotional and verbal abuse, she reached a breaking point.

Sh...

He refused to talk about custody.

For months, she tried to work things out.
She suggested a simple plan: the child stays with her during the week (she’s available), and with him on weekends (he works...

💬 “He wants $2,000 a month in alimony — after abandoning us, not paying child support, and selling everything we owned?”

That was the message I got from a woman doing it all alone.

Here’s What Reall...

Dear Latrice,

I know deep down that my husband and I need to separate, but I’m struggling so much with actually doing it.

He’s abusive. He doesn’t beat me, but he’s threatened to punch me, shoved me...

Dear Latrice,

It took me a long time to see my husband’s behavior for what it really is: emotional abuse and manipulation. Once I saw it, I couldn’t unsee it.

For a year, I tried to make him aware o...

 Dear Latrice,

I’ve been married for 3 years, but I’m thinking of leaving my husband.

Before we got engaged, I told him I’d convert to his religion because he is culturally connected to it, and I di...

 Dear Latrice,

I’m contemplating leaving my marriage and need help figuring out the first steps to prepare.

Here’s my situation: I’ve been married for 12 years, and we have two children. I’m the mai...

Dear Latrice,

I’m completely blindsided. My husband has been using his old phone, now our 9-year-old’s device for games and YouTube. This morning, my son came to me upset, saying, “Look what Da...

Leaving a bad marriage can be one of the most challenging decisions you'll ever make. It can feel overwhelming, chaotic, and emotionally draining. But there’s one thing that can make the process smoot...

Did you know that 1 in 3 spouses who are considering divorce right now have been thinking about it for more than 2 years?  Does any of this sound familiar: "What am I going to lose in a divorce?", "Is...