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After your divorce, it is understandable for you and your ex-spouse to both harbor feelings of anger, resentment and sadness. If your ex tries to “get back” at you by turning your children against you, it could irreparably damage your relationship with them, as well as cause lasting psychological damage to your children. You and other Ohio parents should understand the devastating consequences of parental alienation.

According to Psychology Today, parental alienation occurs when one parent uses the children as pawns against the other one. Often, although not always, the custodial parent is the one to use these tactics. The following points can help you understand more about this unfortunately common behavior:

• The alienating parent may make frequent comments to the children to discredit and blame the other parent for his or her parenting ability or things that went wrong during the marriage.
• He or she may make false accusations to make the other parent look bad and him or her look like the better parent in comparison.
• The parent using these emotional tactics is usually the least healthy, emotionally.
• He or she may attempt to restrict the other parent’s time spent with the children.
• The alienating parent often tells the children that his or her actions are meant to protect them from an abusive or unfit parent.

The Harvey Weinstein case has called into question the justice of nondisclosure agreements, which affect people not just in Hollywood, but in Ohio as well.

A recent Los Angeles Times article delved into the issue of excessive nondisclosure agreements (NDAs).

Employers often make a giant mistake when they think an employee has reported wrongdoing. They put the screws to the whistleblower.

Retaliation can take many shapes:

More people in Ohio and throughout the country file for divorce in January than at other times of the year. Many people wait to file for divorce until after the holidays are over, but before they do, it is important for them to consider several things so that they can avoid some common mistakes.

According to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, divorce filings increase by about 25 to 30 percent every year in January. People may file because of the emotional and financial stress that is involved with the holidays. They might want to wait to make certain that getting divorced is really what they want to do. It is also important for people to not file for divorce solely because they are angry. Instead, it is important for them to consider the reasons that they are thinking about divorcing and to make certain that the reasons are logical ones rather than emotional reactions.