Mediate Michigan

When I married my first wife in 1992 she brought 3 children to the marriage. I brought a 35 mm Canon SLR and a Sony camcorder. When our marriage ended suddenly in 2002 I walked away with half a dozen albums of family photos and a plastic shoebox full of 8mm videotapes.

Who gets the photos and home movies in a divorce? Many people say that if their house were to catch on fire they would rescue the children and pets first, but then rush back in to get the photos. After all, photos and movies are family memories in tangible form, and they can’t be replaced. Because I had most often taken the photos, I was also the one to take custody of them when divorce came. It didn’t seem quite right, but there were many other more urgent things to work out.

via John Seed: After Divorce: Joint Custody for Photo Albums and Home Videos.