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If you’ve looked around Vermont Family Law, you already know that my approach to family conflict is to be as cooperative as your situation allows. Vermont Family Law is all about promoting amicable divorces, where partners going separate ways can come up with a solution that works for everyone involved and causes the least amount of pain and disruption to both parties and their children. But unfortunately, working cooperatively is not always possible. The most difficult and p

I practice law in a small town in rural Vermont. This presents challenges for me as a divorce lawyer. But it presents even larger challenges to my clients who are going through family problems in Vermont Family Court. It’s bad enough that your marriage problems and custody disagreements play out in a public courtroom. It’s even worse when you live in a place where gossip about you is happening in your own social group, your small town, and your children’s school. In the littl

My general advice is against battling over custody if at all possible. Why? It’s bad for you, it’s bad for the kids, and you’ll have much less money when it’s over. Oh, and it may not be over until your kids are adults. That said, there are times when you have to fight for custody. Make no mistake: a custody battle is the most hurtful and brutal court proceeding there is. It is expensive, emotionally exhausting and bruising. Your kids will know this. If you go down this road,