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LA Fires,
Family

Mar. 19, 2025

When the flame burns out: Navigating divorce after disaster

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Stacy D. Phillips

Partner
Blank Rome LLP

Email: sdpdissoqueen@blankrome.com

When the flame burns out: Navigating divorce after disaster

Living through a natural disaster, like the recent wildfires that devastated areas of Southern California, can be incredibly traumatic. I know first-hand how frightening it can be, as the fast-moving blazes threatened my neighborhood. I voluntarily, yet hurriedly, evacuated my home, uncertain it would be there when I returned.

While a tragedy like these unprecedented fires would be brutal for anyone, the added stress of such disasters can be the final straw for couples in crisis, ...

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