This blog is the conclusion of my six part bullet point series summarizing my divorce mediation blogs over the years. Mature couples going through divorce, sometimes referred to as gray or mature divorces often have a different perspective than younger couples. Mediation is a good option for these couples as…
This blog is a continuation of my bullet point series on divorce mediation that summarizes my past mediation blogs – Maintenance, also know as alimony, can be discussed with your divorce mediator. How much money, if any, and for how long one spouse should pay the other maintenance needs to…
This blog is Part 4 of my divorce mediation bullet point series. It looks like there will be a couple more to go to continue my summary of my divorce mediation blogs from over the years. 53 – Neutrals can be utilized in divorce mediation to get past sticking points…
This blog is part three in my summary of points about divorce mediation take from my blogs over the years – 42 – Child Custody topics can be worked through and agreed upon in mediation. One of the issues we can and should address for a comprehensive agreement is what…
Here’s Part 2 of my divorce mediation bullet points from my blogs over they years. This one contains my next ten points – 30 – The parents can make agreements about which parent can claim the children or if the children will be shared or alternated as dependents for their…
This blog will be the first of a series of blogs that contain bullet points to summarize my blogs over the past number of years. This blog series is intended to give an overview of information about mediation, particularly divorce mediation, in no particular order of importance. Here it goes……
The May 16, 2019 article of Dan M. Clark in the New York Law Journal outlined presumptive divorce mediation, which was initiated this fall, as a system that the state courts in New York must now have in place to encourage that civil litigation be resolved via mediation, rather than…
For residents of Long Island and New York, I have long offered divorce mediation as an alternative form of dispute resolution. While I do litigation and traditional settlement negotiations for divorce too, divorce mediation is an opportunity for divorcing or separating parties to come together and negotiate the terms that…
Dealing with a divorce is always an emotional and tiring process – no matter whether your relationship ends amicably or otherwise. Sometimes, the best way to keep issues to a minimum is to choose a form of conflict resolution that requires as little input from the courts as possible. With…
Assets aren’t the only thing that may need to be distributed between two parties when a divorce takes place. Some couples need to think about distributing their debts too – particularly when there is a dispute about whether the couple agreed to take on those financial commitments together or not.…