Many of my clients have been “separated” from their spouse for quite some time, even though they are not living apart. I am talking about couples who decided long ago that their marriage was over, [...]
Are two attorneys better than one? This is the story of two couples who each wanted to end their marriage without becoming engaged in a lengthy and costly court battle. Unfortunately, they each obtained a [...]
In my last post, I discussed the concern I have for someone who trades his or her interest in a pension for, most commonly, the house. Despite the fact that I almost always suggest to [...]
A traditional pension, as opposed to a retirement account such as a 401(k) or an IRA, provides a life-time income stream to the employee, based upon a combination of his or her years of service [...]
When I meet with prospective clients for the first time, I almost always hear them say that all they want is a “fair” agreement. Nobody ever wants to take advantage of their spouse or achieve [...]
Under the Equitable Distribution Law in New York, only “marital property” is distributed between spouses in the event of a divorce. Marital property is defined as any property acquired from the date of the marriage [...]
Nowadays most couples I work with want some type of shared parenting so that each parent spends a significant amount of time with the children each week. I often see couples who divide time with [...]
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 [...]
