Recent Blog Posts
Legal Advice Part 1: The Internet Doesn’t Lie?
I saw a commercial on TV recently where a man and a woman are talking. She makes a comment about having seen something on the internet, which he tells her isn’t true. She responds, “It must be true. They don’t put anything on the internet that isn’t true. Oh, look, [...]
Divorce Mediation and Domestic Violence
In my previous blog we discussed whether or not a mediator is required to screen for domestic violence and determined that it was indeed required by the Model Standards. We now turn to what the mediator should do under these standards if he/she determines that domestic violence does exist. Standard [...]
Divorce Mediation and Domestic Violence
Part I: Screening In a response to a recent Blog post a reader, who was a certified mediator, asked if mediators are generally screening for domestic violence. She also offered that mediation may be “unsafe” for the victim of domestic violence and that if domestic violence is alleged the mediator [...]
How Can I Help?
I recently co-chaired a conference for the New York State Council on Divorce Mediation that featured Diane Neumann, an attorney and mediator from Massachusetts who, at the conclusion of the mediation, prepares all of the legal documents that her clients will need. Because of this, she tells her clients that [...]