In this blog we’re going to be talking about the administrative process that occurs when someone challenges an indicated finding of neglect or abuse. If there is a complaint made to Child Protective Services (the agency responsible if it is on Long Island or outside of New York City) or…
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……
In my last blog, I discussed the arrival of presumptive mediation as a mandatory addition to New York divorce cases. Presumptive mediation for family court cases on custody has now arrived in New York, as of the fall of 2019. So far, this is how I have seen this implementation…
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…
Changing your name in New York or Long Island isn’t always a complicated process. If you are a legal adult, then you have the right to change your name without a court order, provided that the legal name is not misleading. In other words if it will not perpetuate a…