How to Split a Toaster

A Divorce Podcast about Saving Your Relationships

Seth Nelson is a Tampa-based family lawyer known for devising creative solutions to difficult problems. In How to Split a Toaster, Nelson and co-host Pete Wright take on the challenge of divorce with a central objective: saving your most important relationships with your family, your former spouse, and yourself.

From an early age, he has always wanted to help people. After law school he found that he could do the greatest good by helping people through one of the most difficult times of their lives.  Being a divorcee himself, as well as a father, he understands what you’re going through.

“I have been through a divorce and have a young child. As difficult as the divorce process can be, especially when there are kids involved, things will get better.”

In his practice, Seth focuses on Florida divorce law, Florida family law, and Florida family law mediation. On the Toaster, however, he offers a platform for exploring the extraordinarily wide range of topics that impact you through your divorce, all with an eye on saving your most important relationships.

Season 9

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Demystifying Legal Research and the Appeals Process with NLG Family Law Associate Attorney Tia Rowe

NLG Family Law associate attorney Tia Rowe joins Pete to talk about two important topics to help those going through a divorce. First, they discuss the importance of legal research, what you should expect from the research effort, and more. Second is the state appeals process. When should it be something you may want to consider?

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Changes in Florida’s Alimony Law: A Special Episode

There’s a new law in Florida that affects alimony as of July 1, 2023. What does it mean for those living in Florida? What if you went through your divorce before that date? Who benefits? Seth walks Pete through this new law and what it means for those dealing with divorce in Florida.

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Dealing with a Problematic Soon-to-Be Ex: A Conversation with NLG Family Law Attorney Sterling Lovelady

Sterling Lovelady joins Pete to talk about dealing with a problematic ex. Whether it’s a challenge about the decision to leave your alcoholic spouse in their time of need, concerns about legal battles you’re tied into with your spouse, or a concern about a spouse who doesn’t want custody of the kids at all, today’s conversation gives us some important topics to tackle. Plus, a listener question!

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Rebroadcast • A Judge’s Perspective on Divorce Court: Chatting with Judge Wesley Tibbals

May it please the court! In this week’s classic rebroadcast, we’ve got a special guest today who knows a thing or two about the workings of divorce court, and that’s because he’s a judge! That’s right, we figured it was about time that we had an actual judge on to make sure we’re not just making stuff up. Judge Wesley Tibbals talks with Pete and Seth today about life behind the bench in divorce court.

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Season Seven Mailbag! Questions From Our Listeners

We’re closing out our seventh season with more listener questions. From relationships with your ex’s kids from a previous marriage and threats from your ex, to PTSD in the courtroom and bigamy, we cover a wide range of topics. Plus, we look at exceptional/unique/unusual divorces and what that means.

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Parent Coordination 101

If you have minor kids in your divorce, you might find yourself working in some capacity with a parent coordinator. Today, we’re going back to basics: what does the parent coordinator do? What are their responsibilities? How do they relate to the court and the legal process? Today, we're going back to school on parent coordination.

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Surviving the Vocational Evaluation

Do you love performance reviews? Do you live for that feeling you get when you know someone else is watching you and determining your value at work based on things that are largely out of your control? Then you’re going to love today’s topic: Vocational Evaluation.

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Winning Your Divorce! with exExperts Jessica Klingbaum and T.H. Irwin

What does ‘winning your divorce’ mean? In today’s episode, exExperts Jessica Klingbaum and T.H. Irwin join Seth and Pete to talk about their own divorce journeys and how that brought them to become the exExperts they are today. The conversation ranges from the power of social support to trying to break through the shame around divorce, from better understanding the divorce process to learning to be present. Plus, they tell us about their upcoming virtual summit called WIN YOUR DIVORCE. Tune in!

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HSPs: Navigating Divorce When You’re a Highly Sensitive Person with Chris Lyon

Nearly 30% of us are highly sensitive people – or HSPs – and if you count yourself in that group, it makes divorce a materially different experience. In this episode, Chris Lyon, a relationship author and facilitator, talks with Seth and Pete about the challenge of navigating the big emotions that come with divorce, why being defensive is your weakest position, and why empathy is the one thing you need to have.

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Parental Alienation and the Law: The Case of Ty and Brynlee Larson

Parental alienation is a controversial topic, and one currently in the news in the case of two kids in Utah who have barricaded themselves in their room to avoid a court ruling telling them they have to spend time with their father, who they say abused them. So how does this all play out in the courts? Is parental alienation a real thing? And how do lawyers navigate it when it’s brought into a case? A listener question spurred us on to have this full-episode discussion. Tune in!

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Untangling the Mess of Divorce Financials with Forensic Accountant Tracy Coenen

We dig into the world of forensic accounting with Tracy Coenen. Tracy’s a forensic accountant and is behind The Divorce Money Guide, a tool that helps you understand your money and uncover where money might be hiding your divorce. She talks with us about what you can do to untangle the mess of marriage financials and figure out if you’re the victim of financial abuse. Plus, we have a listener question!

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Being Black in the World of Divorce with Mike Easterling

Mike Easterling, co-host of the Just Being Brothers podcast, joins Seth and Pete to talk about the black perspective on divorce, as well as gray divorce. How does being black change the divorce equation? What does church have to do with it? Education? It’s a wide-ranging conversation that comes with a great viewpoint. Plus, we have some listener questions!

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