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Podcast: Slam the Gavel
Episode: Melissa Vagle Discusses How Divorce Doesn't End With Divorce And How The Red Flags Of Abuse Become Normalized
Description:   Slam the Gavel welcomes Melissa Vagle to the podcast. She is a mother with three children. Melissa served in the Army National Guard for almost six years when she met her second husband while she was still a soldier. At 22 years of age when they met there were the red flags that went unrecognized prior to their marriage that lasted 20 years.  Going through a grueling three year divorce, Melissa has had the same judge preside over it. Melissa had to rethink her future soon after her mother died in August 2019 and decided to file for divorce when her ex-hu...