Been There Got Out Podcast
Been There Got Out Podcast
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Does Parental Alienation Backfire in Court? A Beverly Hills Divorce Attorney Explains
“The court doesn’t care who was mean.” That’s not a throwaway line, according to Beverly Hills divorce attorney Nikoo Berenji, it’s one of the biggest blind spots she sees parents walk into family court with, and it can quietly sabotage an othe...
A Family Court Insider Reveals the Custody Mistakes That Quietly Sink Good Parents
She spent five years on the inside of the family court system as a Connecticut Family Relations Counselor — the person who meets with both parents, talks to the kids, and writes the recommendation the judge leans on. In this candid conversation...
Why Does My Toxic Ex Get Worse After the Divorce Is Final?
Most people believe that once the divorce is final, the chaos finally ends. With a high-conflict, narcissistic, or unpredictable co-parent, the opposite is often true. As they lose day-to-day control, they learn to control you from afar—through...
Why 50/50 Custody Can Backfire Badly in a High-Conflict Divorce
Everyone walks into family court assuming the “fair” answer is to split the kids right down the middle. Fifty-fifty. Equal time, equal say, problem solved. But what if that instinct toward fairness is quietly setting your children up for years ...
A DV Nonprofit CEO on What Family Court Gets Wrong About Abuse Survivors
If you have already left an abusive relationship and you're now staring down the family court system, this conversation was made for you. Lisa Johnson of Been There Got Out sits down with Liz Ortenberger, CEO of SafeNest, the largest domestic a...
