Surprisingly, there are quite a number of cases where wealthy parents make a regular monetary contribution for the benefit of their married child’s family. It might be a mortgage payment or a regular monthly gift [...]
In divorce mediation, when someone examines his or her BATNA (Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement) they are looking at both the best and worst outcomes if their dispute were to be decided by a [...]
I recently worked with a couple who wanted a divorce as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the wife was not working, had no means of supporting herself, was attempting to obtain disability benefits and the husband [...]
In Part I of Equitable Does Not Mean “Equal”, I discussed how a couple whose financial goals were very different during their marriage reached an agreement when they ended the marriage despite having different ideas [...]
In 1996, after 16 years as a divorce attorney, I converted my divorce litigation practice to divorce mediation. In this video, I talk about the events that led me to this decision. Feel [...]
Just ask Joe and Suzanne This is the true story of Joe and Suzanne, who were married in 1986, separated in 2003 and were still battling in court in 2012. This is what happened. Although [...]
In my mediation practice I often encounter couples who arrive at my office in different places emotionally. One of them is ready to end the marriage while the other is still hoping it can be [...]
As you probably know by now, Congress acted just in time to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff” by passing the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. While there are many provisions of this new tax [...]
In the past two blogs I addressed a law in New York that provides for the revocation upon divorce of dispositions to a former spouse under a will as well as beneficiary designations found in [...]
A few years after Paul’s second marriage ended in divorce, he retired and when he did he met with a financial planner to plan his retirement. He set up a retirement account and named his [...]
