A recent article in the January 6, 2019 New York Times relates a story of how two divorce lawyers divorced and how they figured out what was best for their young child. The title of the article was “Two Divorce Lawyers in Love, What Could Go Wrong.” Obviously, a lot can go wrong when two divorce lawyers begin to get divorced. As divorce lawyers, the Husband and the Wife would completely understand how to navigate the divorce court system, and if they choose to do so, how to be difficult and litigate much to the detriment of the other spouse and their young child. The Times article points out that just because they were lawyers it did not mean that either spouse did not feel stigmatized that they were getting divorced. Clearly, just because they were divorce attorneys, the article points out that the Husband and Wife underwent the same emotions as any other non-attorney couple would feel when getting divorced.

The most instructive point of the article was how these divorce attorneys found a way to resolve their divorce in a way in which their child was the least affected by the divorce. Ultimately, instead of going through a full blown custody battle, the divorcing attorneys decided to participate in something called nesting. Nesting is when the divorcing parents rent or purchase a home in which their child would live on a fulltime basis and the parents would then rotate in and out of the residence as they agree. Also, when they are not living in the child’s residence each parent would obtain their own individual residence for themselves. In the best of all possible worlds nesting allows the child the most stable place to reside. The New York Times article points out that the nesting solution worked for the betterment of the young child and both divorcing lawyers the unusual nesting solution worked so well that the young child barely knew that their parents were getting divorced. Although child nesting worked in that case, nesting is not a standard solution as few people can afford a residence for themselves and a residence in which the child lives on a fulltime basis. Most importantly, the article shows that creative divorce thinking can the best way to solve very difficult and emotional family laws issues. Certainly, although nesting is not affordable for most people the concept is creative and one way in which these divorcing parents found a suitable solution with the least pain for their child.

The Florida Family Law and Divorce Lawyers at Schantz and Schantz pride themselves on figuring out creative solutions to their client’s very difficult and complex divorce and family law matters. Feel free to call us at 954-385-1536 in order to discuss how we may assist you regarding a Florida Divorce and Family Law problem. We will be happy to see you in either our Weston or Coral Springs/Parkland offices.