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Several years ago, I was retained to represent “Joey”, a 35-year-old gym teacher who had recently been served with divorce papers. When he arrived for the first office appointment, Joey brought his mother and readily waived confidentiality so that Mom could participate in the conference. For the next hour, I asked Joey numerous questions and Joey’s mom responded to my questions by telling me all about her lazy and undeserving daughter-in-law. At one point, in an effort to plead her case, Joey’s mom turned to her son and cried, “Tell her, tell her how ‘Susie’ hasn’t even had sex with you in over two years! What kind of a wife is that for my son?” Much to my dismay, Joey simply smiled and allowed his mom to overstep her parental boundaries at the commencement of the divorce case.

via Edra J. Pollin: Whose Divorce Is It Anyway? Divorcing Your Spouse May Require Setting Boundaries For Your Parents.