sally and her husband of 15 years were getting a divorce, but still living under one roof. my husband lives in the guest room. and he comes home on wednesday nights early to have dinner with the kids. and the other nights he comes home late to give me my space. so it s it s not perfect. it s been difficult. reporter: as legal bills for two divorce attorneys piled up, the couples switched to a less expensive mediator. but the situation with the house wasn t as simple. right now, there are 20 uses on the market in our town in our price range. and there are no buyers. so my broker has pretty much prepared me that the house is going to sit for quite a while. reporter: for sally, remaining financially sound meant remaining under the same roof as her ex-husband. but for some, getting a divorce isn t even an option. the american academy of matrimonial lawyers says 57% of attorneys polled reported fewer divorces during the recession. the couples stayed in the home
we spoke to a woman who put her emotions on the back burner for her family s financial well being after her divorce. oh, good girl. we first introduced you to sally gibson 18 months ago and found out that breaking up is hard to do. sally and her husband of 15 years were getting a divorce but still living under one roof. my husband lives in the guest room and comes home on wednesday nights early to have dinner with the kids and the other nights he comes home late to give me my space. so it s not perfect. it s been difficult. reporter: as legal bills for two divorce attorneys piled up, the couple switched to a less expensive mediator. but the situation with the house wasn t as simple. right now there are 20 houses on the market in town that are in our price range, and there are no buyers. so my broker has pretty much prepared me that the house is going to sit for quite a while.
the couple switched to a less expensive mediator. but the situation with the house wasn t as simple. right now there are 20 houses on the market in town that are in our price range, and there are no buyers. so my broker has pretty much prepared me that the house is going to sit for quite a while. reporter: for sally, remaining financially sound meant remaining under the same roof as financially sound meant staying under the same roof. for some getting a divorce isn t the option. they say 57% of attorneys polled reported fewer divorces during the recession. the couples stayed in the home for a full year before deciding emotion trumped finances. it was a very difficult time, very emotional time, and we made the decision to sell the house and it could have easily sat on the market for a year. i didn t want to put my kids through that because it was tough enough. i priced it to sell, and we sold the house right away.
your kid may be send organiing receiving, there s a website to monitor text messages that are coming to and from cell phones. it doesn t cover all phones but a few of the phones out there it will cover. also, the other thing you can do is turn off image notifications. i can send out a text message with a racy image but if my phone doesn t accept those images via text, i won t see it. the last thing is if you get any type of messages on your cell phone that are harassing in nature, save them. don t delete them. that s why action needs to be taken against someone else. i can talk about this for much longer. per usual we don t have enough time. thank you so much. those are helpful hints and tips for parents and kids. thank you so much. my pleasure. i put some of this up on the blog because it s a lot to talk about. we ll do a phone call monday on judge hatchet s parent power now.com network for viewers that
well-being. reporter: we first introduced you to sally gibson 18 months ago and found out breaking up really is hard to do. sally and her husband of 15 years were getting a divorce but still living under one roof. my husband lives in the guest room and he comes home on wednesday nights early to have dinner with the kids and the other night, he comes home late to give me my space. so it s not perfect. it s been difficult. reporter: as legal bills for two divorce attorneys piled up, the couple switched to a less expensive mediator. but the situation with the house wasn t as simple. there are 20 houses on the market in town that are in our price range and there are no buyers. so my broker has pretty much prepared me that the house is going to sit for quite a while. reporter: remaining financial sound meant remaining under the same roof with her ex-husband.