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Perspective

Feb. 2, 2017

MTM's divorce lessons still resonate today

The late Mary Tyler Moore's autobiography echoes what California family law attorneys have known for decades — kids from divorced homes need quality time with their primary caretakers. By Maya Shulman

Maya Shulman

Principal
Shulman Family Law Group

24025 Park Sorrento #310
Calabasas , CA 91302

Phone: (818) 222-0010

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Email: mshulman@sflg.us

Univ of West Los Angeles

In addition to adoption issues, Maya's firm handles all aspects of family law including divorce litigation and mediation, finances and property. Among the firm’s extensive clientele are celebrities, sports figures and business executives.

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By Maya Shulman

"During the first year of The Dick Van Dyke Show, as thrilled and bursting with excitement over my work as I was, I was equally without emotion at home," Mary Tyler Moore wrote in her autobiography, "After All," of the failure of her marriage at the time to Richard Meeker.

Their 5-year-old son, Richie, was not so unaffected. He was soon having trouble in school and spending more time with his maternal grandmother than with th...

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