Does Anyone Know a Good Divorce Lawyer?

Updated on February 25, 2007
D.H. asks from Cincinnati, OH
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My husband and I got in a fight last night while I was breastfeeding my 3 month daughter. When I tried to leave to my mother's house with the kids (I have a three year old too) My husband called the police on me. Calling the police on me is a marriage breaker as far as I'm conerned. I grew up in home where my parents yelled literally everyday. We went to therapy two year before we had children becuase I was so afraid of raising my children in the same enviroment. We are terrible yellers at each other. I know I'm postparm and I'm sick to my stomach being SAHM to have to end my marriage of 8 years (17 years togerther in total) but I won't live in a home where the police get called on me becuase he doesn't like what I'm doing or wants to throw a power trip around. It really freaked my three year old out. That's it. I love on kids more then my husband at this point and feel I must put their mental well being ahead of eveything which to me means divorce. Never again will my kids go through that just because I want to leave with them and/or he wouldn't leave when we are screaming at each other at the top of our voices. Can someone recommend a divorce lawyer? And what do I need to do to get my self prepared for the divorce? Is their a book on how to start like Divorce for dumbies or something like that?

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M.S.

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Debroh,
I agree with Crysta, you have been with your husband to give up so easily. A marriage takes time, trial and error, room for mistakes, and TOO MUCH PATIENCE. But it seems that there are some longstanding, underlying issues with trust and controlling issues. Take a deep breath, slow down and make a wise decision. Think about ways you and him can make necessary changes. Every relationship can change for the better if it really wants to. If the changes are not for the better or are not going anywhere then make a decision for you and your childrens future. I came from an abusive home while growing up also. Thankfully, I refused to ever be a part of an abusive relationship whether it be physically or emotionally. My ex did neither to me, he just refused to be a semi-productive member of society, he refused to be a man and HELP ME support our us and our son. Divorcing him was hard and sometimes still is and at times I wish I could go back and rethink ways I could have helped us. Thankfully, I met NIk. He is the father of my second son. WE ARE TWO PEAS IN A POD, AND THIS TIME I AM NOT GIVING UP SO EASY! We haved agreed to support eachother, be ourselves and TALK. Thus far we are doing good, think hard and talk before you make any rash decisions. And Pray about, the answer will come.

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T.D.

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Vicki Richmond Butler County Lawyer @###-###-####.

D.,

I recently just got divorced with two small children as well. You do sound like you are very upset and may need more than a book to help you with this. Divorce is like a death...very difficult to go through and with having a 3mos old that is often exhausting. I would say try speaking to a therapist just for you and see what happens. I don't know your problems but divorce should be the last resort.

if you would like to give me a call to talk my number is ###-###-#### T.

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C.F.

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Hi D.,
First of all, I am sorry that you and your husband had a fight and that you are feeling like your marriage is over. I am also a SAHM, married for 10 years and I used to be a counselor/therapist. I would encourage you to slow down and consider going back to counseling with your husband to try to work through this. Obviously I don't know all the details of your marriage, but I know that you have been together for 17 years and you have two children together. I understand that having the police called on you seems unforgiveable, but try to see it from your husband's point of view. He was probably scared of losing you and his kids and desperately made the phone call. We all have imperfect parents and imperfect spouses, but it is possible to have a happy marriage and not fall into unhealthy patterns(like constant yelling) if you are committed to keeping your family together and working on the problems. You didn't mention any physical fighting or history of yelling/screaming between you and your husband. If this was a one time occurence, I definitely believe the best thing for your kids is to try to reconcile with your husband and figure out how to keep things from escalating to this point again. God bless you and your family during this time.

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