She helps people "get unmarried" and manages a website called Brilliant Exits (www.brilliantexits.com). The Washington Post has written about her and so has Fairfax Woman (http://mommygobyebye-virginia.blogspot.com/2009/08/sharon-zarozny-divorce-counselor-coach.html). Her name is Sharon Zarozny, her business divorce counseling and divorce coaching. I highly recommend that anyone wanting to leave a marriage in Northern Virginia call her before they call that attorney. She's going to try to keep you out of court or at least try to keep you safe if not going to court is not an option. (She is not for you if an all-out custody war is what you are craving.) She will warn you that many attorneys are "in it to win it." "They don't have to care about what's left of your family," Ms. Zarozny told Amanda Long last August during an interview for First Person Singular. She's right. And it's a rare divorce lawyer who doesn't consider a monied, narcissistic professional a "good catch." I've seen family lawyers prostitute themselves and throw ethics to the wind to satisfy the narcissistic urges of a wealthy abuser (and how often are narcissistic urges "family-friendly?"). I've seen judges go along, even seeming to "enjoy the show": http://mommygobyebye-virginia.blogspot.com/2007/12/how-bench-stole-christmas-judging-law.html. Click, read and see how I have tried hard to solicit the support, and concern, of my state senator. Janet Howell (www.janethowell.com) didn't care, doesn't care still. People like Sharon care. She's a good find. We mothers, especially, are lucky to have her. I am cautioning you: nobody will give a hoot if your case goes all wrong (not even the state senator for your district whose most important responsibility as your elected public servant is to appoint good people to the bench). So don't let it happen, do your homework, get informed. Get "court smart." See Sharon, and make yours a brilliant exit. ~V. Wyvell, Mommy Go Bye Bye blogger

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