Chesco Courts Inspire Dirty Secrets Of Divorce — We met attorney Renee Mazer at Wednesday’s hearing concerning election transparency in Delaware County and learned she is an author, a bit of a comedienne, and a crusader for reform in Pennsylvania’s family courts.
Her book The Dirty Secrets of Divorce or What Your Lawyer Won’t Tell You is a warning about the dangers and costs of divorce along with the apparent corruption that makes divorce far more painful and expensive than it has to be.
This apparent corruption includes the alleged theft of property and untenable and unconcionable loss of access to children.
It’s based on what she experienced in Chester County family courts during her divorce, and what she saw in countless other cases from around country.
What she describes meshes with Montco resident Elaine Mickman’s experiences mentioned several times here.
The Dirty Secrets though is anything but angry. It’s short, whimsical and upbeat. It features poetry — which is rather funny — and cartoons.
The warnings and explanations of the problems with the process are pointed, though.
Practical, much cheaper, options for couples wanting to split up are presented and they might be the most significant part of the book.
These include marriage restructuring with informal arrangements, legal separation, and collaborative divorce, all clearly described.
Places where the book can be bought include Amazon.
Besides the book, Renee has created a whole new method for divorce called The Mazer Method, which is almost court free.
“We act as coaches,” she said. “We don’t act as lawyers.”
Basically, the parties file their own papers and little or no time is before a judge.
It is much more affordable and healthier, she says. She says her clients are quite pleased with the service, and their kids are doing great.
And she’s also considering going into comedy.
And she says that her experiences with Pennsylvania’s family court system have left her with strong opinions regarding divorce.
“Hypothetically, I can unequivocally say . . . I would choose a psychopathic, child torturing spouse I haven’t had sex with in years over child torturing psychopathic lawyers and judges who screw me on a daily basis,” she said.
Chesco Courts Inspire Dirty Secrets Of Divorce
Kudos to Attorney Mazer. Divorce is much like the American political scene as it is full of unmitigated hate, vindictive and vultures standing by to take advantage of the emotion driven lack of clearheaded decision making. Those willing to cooperate in the dissolution of their marriage, as in most other contentious matters we are confronted with, will benefit greatly and preserve their wealth to the greatest extent possible. Unfortunately, as we see in our political world where, for all intents and purposes, we are in a never ending divorce proceeding, there is little inclination to cooperate and much more willingness to blow up everything in anger.