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Divorce Law 101 + Protecting Kids & LGBTQ Families with Family Law Attorney Rachel Welty
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- But For Real
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- Jul 22, 2026
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- 2599
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Summary
Rachel Welty is a Nashville-based family and juvenile law attorney and the founder of Welty Law Office, where she has spent nearly 20 years doing things differently. Named to the Tennessee Mid-South Super Lawyers list and a Tennessee Rule 31 Listed Mediator, Rachel takes a child advocacy-centered approach to family law — because she genuinely believes that when kids' needs come first, parents do better too. She works with clients navigating divorce, child custody, support, orders of protection, adoption, DCS involvement, and LGBTQIA+ family law issues, and she's known for bringing a trauma-informed lens to a legal system that often doesn't have one. She's also a single working mom, which means she brings both professional expertise and hard-won personal experience to everything she does. This episode covers: (00:00) Tea & Crumpets — Val on The Telepathy Tapes, Rachel on the NHL playoffs and emotional men, Em on her poolside ADHD hack (05:00) The Lore — Rachel on military spouse life, her husband's deployment to Afghanistan, and what losing a house in divorce taught her about herself (08:30) The DSM — trauma-informed lawyering, what the legal process gets wrong, and how Rachel helps clients stay out of their fear brain (12:00) High-conflict vs. healthy divorce — what it costs kids, and what most family attorneys miss (16:00) The biggest misconception people bring into divorce court (20:00) Discernment counseling, mediation, and the couples who pause their divorce and come back changed (27:00) What LGBTQIA+ couples need to know right now to protect their legal rights (32:00) Why therapists and family attorneys should be talking to each other (34:00) "...but for REAL" - the mic drop moment (36:00) Now That's What I Call— OKAYYY! - music segment! (37:00) Dumpster Fire…