Powerful Perspective: Building Your Best Life After Divorce
How do you build a better life after divorce? Focus on the big picture, not the heat of the moment, urges divorce attorney Bill Leininger. He asks clients whether a $200 trinket is worth $5,000 in legal fees, or which epitaph their children should one day read. Prioritize the kids and your future relationship—vengeance, he warns, never pays off.
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Answered by Bill Leininger · Staten Island, NY and Sarasota, FL
Highlights
— how he redirects couples to priorities: the kids and their future
— the tombstone question about how children will remember them
— the three-year, $275,000 fights he's seen destroy families
— why dragging a child in as a witness does lasting harm
— the hidden-income client whose luxury car gave him away
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you build a better life after divorce?
Focus on the big picture, not the heat of the moment—he redirects couples to what matters: the kids and their future.
What question does he ask to shift perspective?
He asks which epitaph their children should one day read, a tombstone question that reframes how the kids will remember them.
What damage does drawn-out fighting cause?
He's seen three-year, $275,000 fights destroy families, showing how vengeance never pays off.
Does involving a child as a witness hurt?
Yes—dragging a child in as a witness does lasting harm, which is why he steers parents away from it.
Can hidden income surface in a divorce?
Yes—one client's luxury car gave away income he'd concealed, showing how a lifestyle can betray a hidden-income story.
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