Recent Blog Posts
Post-Divorce Mediation
{4:54 minutes to read} Couples who hire a divorce mediator, work toward a marital settlement agreement that addresses everything from parenting to real estate to retirement assets, and everything in between. Since divorce mediation is a forward thinking process, these agreements should contain a plan for the future, in particular [...]
College Costs and Child Support Part 2
{3:30 minutes to read} In my last post, I suggested that a parent that is paying both college costs and child support might be entitled to a reduction in his/her child support payment while the child is away at college. In this final installment, I want to discuss how the [...]
College Costs and Child Support Part 1
{3:24 minutes to read} In my last post, I suggested that parents should mediate their divorce, and especially child support, in order to control if and how they would pay college costs for their children. In this article, I will discuss how the court system in New York has handled [...]
Keep College Costs Out of Court
<https://burnsmediation.com/keep-college-costs-out-of-court/"> {4:18 minutes to read} Did you know that a judge can order a parent to pay some or all of the college expenses of a child? While most parents do want to help a child with college, they also want the child to have some “skin in the game” [...]