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Making Divorce Manageable

As soon as you and your banking and other divorce that you and your spouse and to take a deep breath before mak-
your spouse have financial account state- must make. For example, will one of ing any decision or responding to any
decided it is time to ments, and titles to you pay the other alimony or spousal allegation or question from your
part ways and seek a property. If you and support? If so, how much and for spouse.
divorce, your mind your spouse signed a how long? Will one of you owe child Informing your children about the
begins to race about prenuptial or postnup- support to the other? If so, again, divorce can be tricky. If they are
what steps to take tial agreement, bring how much and for how long? older, they will have questions. If
and the smartest, that agreement to your When will the children spend time younger, they may not understand
easiest way to obtain consultation. The more with you and your spouse? How will what you are telling them.
a divorce without relevant information you share holidays and school breaks If you and your spouse are unsure
breaking the bank. you give to the attorney, with the children? Who will pay for about how to talk to the children
Every family is differ- the better advice you the children’s extra-curricular activi- about divorce, you might consider
ent so what works will receive at your con- ties and uncovered medical expenses? speaking to a therapist about it first,
best for your family BY ANGELA R. NEAVE, sultation. How will you divide your assets and then sitting the children down with
may be different ESQUIRE After consulting with liabilities? your spouse and giving them only the
than what worked an attorney, you must Answers to these questions will be necessary information they need to
for your best friend’s decide how you want to memorialized in a marital settlement understand what is going on.
family. get the process started. If you and agreement or a final judgment of dis- Your children only need to know
The first step you should take is to your spouse have already agreed to solution of marriage. After an agree- that things are changing and that you
consult with an attorney. Finding out how you want to divide your assets ment is signed or a final judgment is love them and will do everything to
what your rights and responsibilities and liabilities, and how you want to entered by the Court, your process is make this transition as smooth as pos-
are during the divorce process will share time with your children, you complete and there is a document for sible for them. They will undoubted-
help manage your expectations and may only need to hire one attorney to you and your spouse to follow. ly have questions that you are not
inform you of what your choices are. prepare your settlement agreement Your divorce does not have to be obligated to answer.
Before you meet with an attorney, and file everything with the court. hotly contested or highly contentious. Children are resilient and will
you need to have an idea about your If you and your spouse cannot agree It will be stressful, sad, emotional, weather this storm so long as you
and your spouse’s income, all assets to anything, it may be best for each of and financially taxing because every- keep their involvement in the divorce
and liabilities in both of your names you to hire an attorney so each of you thing about your family life will be to a minimum.
either jointly or individually, your benefits from the good advice of an changing.
savings, your investments, your liabil- attorney to help you make decisions This is normal. The best thing you If you are interested in consulting with
ities, how property is titled and any that are in your family’s best interests. can do for yourself and your family an attorney about a divorce, call Angela
other financial or parenting issues There is no right or wrong way, only during this time is to take care of R. Neave, Esquire at (954) 981-2200
unique to your family. To find this the right way for your family. yourself, surround yourself with for a free consultation.
information, look at your tax returns, There are many decisions during a friends and family who support you,

Genesis Opens Two In-School

Clinics for Students and Public

Thanks to a new partnership between Social Worker will be on staff to assist
the School District of Palm Beach County students and their families with issues
and Genesis Community Health, resi- related to mental health and poverty.
dents of Boynton Beach and Delray Genesis CEO DeAnna Warren said
Beach – along with school students and Boynton Beach and Atlantic high schools
staff – will have access to convenient were selected for their high numbers of
medical clinics located inside Atlantic students who receive free- and reduced-
and Boynton Beach high schools. price lunches, an indicator of poverty.
Early next year, Genesis Community Genesis will open the clinics to stu-
Health, a non-profit, long-term health- dents, staff and parents of students and
care clinic dedicated to serving patients will expand its services to residents
of all economic levels, will oversee two shortly afterward. The clinics, which are
clinics inside Atlantic Community High free to students, will be open when
School in Delray Beach and Boynton school is in session.
Beach Community High School. The The clinics will bill Medicaid,
clinics will offer preventive health servic- Medicare and private insurance if adult
es including screening for vision, hear- patients are covered, and charge a sliding
ing, asthma, obesity, scoliosis, tuberculo- fee for the uninsured.
sis and other medical conditions, first Genesis is securing funding from the
aid, and required and recommended Florida Department of Health for the
immunizations. new clinics and is currently seeking
A Family Nurse Practitioner will be on funding from other foundations and pri-
site to diagnose conditions and prescribe vate donors to support the venture,
medications, and a Licensed Clinical Warren said.

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