Legal Advice Part 2: Well-Meaning Friends and Family
I recently had a couple come to me where the husband said, “My wife and I aren’t getting along and there’s a lot of strife in the house so I’d really like to leave. But [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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” [...]
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 [...]
Healthy, New York?
In a recent Blog posting I outlined how COBRA allows a divorced spouse to secure health insurance coverage through his or her former spouse’s employer. However, COBRA coverage is often unaffordable for many people. So [...]
Health Insurance after Divorce
Most people are aware that they will lose the health insurance coverage they had under their spouses’ plan upon a divorce. One concern often voiced by my clients is when the coverage will end since [...]
Living Together?
Why You Need An Agreement In one of my prior blogs, I talked about why it made sense for people, especially older adults, to live together rather than remarry. However, if this is something you [...]
Modification of Child Support – Part II
So what do you do if you have experienced a change in your financial circumstances or in the residence of a child and the support amount you had agreed to with your ex-spouse no longer [...]
Modification of Child Support – Part I
Because changes often occur either with the income of a parent, the expense of raising a child, or in the residence of child, many couples agree to modify the amount of child support that is [...]