Featured videos with companion articles. The full catalog — including podcast episodes, movie reviews, and family vlogs — lives on the YouTube channel.
Friend of the Court
How I picked my family law attorney, what I wish I had asked first, and how I learned to actually use my attorney instead of just paying one — all while dealing with the Friend of the Court in Michigan.
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Friend of the Court
My experience going through mediation in a Michigan custody case — what the session was like, how I prepared, and why it can be better than fighting everything out in front of a judge.
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Court
What it was actually like to stand in front of the court without an attorney — how I prepared, what I brought with me, and what I would do differently.
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Court
Legal custody and physical custody are not the same thing — and mixing them up cost me confusion I did not need. Here is how I finally understood the difference in my own case.
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Co-Parenting
Custody exchanges are where co-parenting gets real. My routine for pick-ups and drop-offs, how I keep them calm for my kid, and how I handle the friction.
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Co-Parenting
What happened when parenting time got missed in my case, and how make-up parenting time worked out in practice — the requests, the pushback, and what I learned.
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Money
Tax season as a single parent: who claims the child, how child support showed up in my taxes, and the surprises I ran into.
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Money
Starting the journey to buy my first house as a single dad: saving, credit, pre-approval, and house hunting on one income.
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Money
Closing day. Walking through the final steps of buying my first home as a single parent — and what it felt like to get the keys.
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