{2:54 minutes to read} Recently, I was reading a discussion on a divorce mediation group’s listserv about weapons in a mediation room. A mediator met with a couple, and one spouse, a police officer, was [...]
{2:54 minutes to read} When I first meet with my clients, one thing that I almost always discuss is, at least for most couples, the challenge of finding a way to live separately on [...]
{2:18 minutes to read} At a recent conference, I sat in on an update on the law. The presenter, who was an attorney that was very knowledgeable about divorce law, was reviewing various cases and [...]
{2:48 minutes to read}I recently attended the Annual Conference of the New York State Council on Divorce Mediation where one of the presentations dealt with Social Security and divorce. During the session, the presenter stated [...]
{3:06 minutes to read}A recent survey found that many middle age and older people fear that they will run out of money in retirement. While there are many reasons for this concern, 2 major factors [...]
{3:36 minutes to read} When mediating their divorce, many couples want to know “what would happen if we went to court.” I suppose for many of them they want to be assured that what they [...]
{3:54 minutes to read} Many people are under the impression that they are responsible for the debts of their spouse simply because they are married. But, Getting married does not necessarily make you responsible for [...]
{3 minutes to read} In my last post I outlined how the Child Support Standards Act (CSSA) works in New York. I recently worked with a couple who created an agreement that worked much better [...]
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 [...]
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” [...]
