latestJanuary 27, 2020

Why Are Custody Battles Getting Messier?

One compelling storyline in the Oscar-nominated film “Marriage Story” reveals how two people who still care for one another, and who adore their young son, end up in a bitter and costly divorce.... more

June 17, 2019

Fathers Fighting to See Their Kids

Jeffery Waller, 36, will be back in court next week fighting for time with his son.... more

June 10, 2019

Buried in Favorite Jersey, Superfan Waits for Stanley Cup

Danette Duckworth wasn’t going to let death stand in the way of her long-standing love for the St. Louis Blues.... more

February 19, 2018

When Love and Chocolate Collide

When Phillip Stallone asked his future father-in-law for his daughter’s hand in marriage, he faced an important question.... more

July 31, 2017

Dating After Divorce

Franz Davis could tell he had been out of the dating pool for years when he ventured back in after getting divorced.... more

February 20, 2017

We Do: Ten Ways to Support a Newly Married Couple

A couple doesn’t get married in a vacuum.... more

September 12, 2016

Can a Marriage Survive a Life-Changing Injury?

Rose and Andy Bingham didn't have much of a wedding.... more

July 04, 2016

When a Perfect Life Falls Apart

One of my school friends met her future husband as a sophomore in high school. He was a senior, serious about his future, and he drove a fast car.... more

June 13, 2016

Making Child Custody More Fair to Divorced Fathers

When the family court judge decided how often Griffan Reutzel would see his 3-year-old daughter after his divorce, Reutzel felt punched in the gut.... more

April 27, 2015

WHEN GAY PARENTS ARE EQUAL, TOO

Case Flatley is chipping away at a gray block of crumbly plaster using a toothpick-sized stick with a flattened edge.... more

March 23, 2015

HOW DO YOU GET MARRIED IF YOU CAN'T DATE?

We are not the first group to face a "marriage crisis" in the melting pot of America.... more

February 16, 2015

TO THE FATHER WHO LOST HIS TWO DAUGHTERS AND SON-IN-LAW

I keep coming back to that picture of the two of you dancing together.... more

September 15, 2014

CAN ABUSERS REALLY CHANGE?

Women who work up the courage to call an abuse hotline often ask a jarring question:... more

July 14, 2014

WHEN PET PARENTS PAMPER THEIR FUR-BABIES

A man who used to occasionally dine on duck learned to dine with ducks when he fell in love with a duck-obsessed pet parent.... more

June 30, 2014

WEDDING BELLS FOR 83-YEAR-OLD FIRST-TIME BRIDE

Phil Davies, 88, shuffled a few steps behind his new bride down the long hallway, leaning his right side on a metal cane to ease pressure off his bad ankle.... more

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