by Jeff Murphy | Divorce, Family Law, Mediation
The average divorce costs over $10,000 and can run up to $20,000 and more, even for persons of middle class means. In addition, after months and possibly years of expense and stress, the parties often end up facing a future neither planned, including hostile personal...
by Jeff Murphy | Divorce, Family Law, Mediation
A broken marriage brings a sense of loss, anger, frustration, fear, and depression. Becoming involved in a bitterly contested divorce proceeding can destroy the future for you and your children. Once the process gets underway, positions regarding money and the...
by Jeff Murphy | Divorce, Family Law, Mediation, Political Satire
When I put that title up,I was thinking of the usual questions, such as have you discussed the divorce with your spouse? Can you agree to keep the anger out of the process for the kids sake? But then I thought about what I have been watching on the CBS Morning program...
by Jeff Murphy | Divorce, Family Law, Mediation
Here we go again… Back in January 2011, I wrote a blog entitled Pointing Fingers in which I praised President Obama for a speech in Tuscany that tried to reduce the feverish condemnation of the right wing for essentially causing the murder of 6 people and the...
by Jeff Murphy | Divorce, Family Law, Mediation, Published Articles
Couples who are looking to mediate their divorce are often confused about whether they still have to go to court. The answer is YES and you still have to file the necessary court documents. “Which documents?” “Where do I get them?” “Do I...
by Jeff Murphy | Divorce, Family Law, Mediation
OK. You’ve made the decision to get a divorce. You look on line for a mediator. You’ll find a longer list nowadays than you would have a few years ago because now “every divorce lawyer is a mediator”. But be careful! Every divorce lawyer is not...
