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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 a good mediator. Most lawyers have been too long
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I know this is probably a very difficult time for you. Making the decision to end a marriage can be gut-wrenching. You ask yourself: Should I do this? Should I hire a lawyer? What’s going to happen to the kids? What’ the divorce going to cost? How am I going to live? And a hundred
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This is a follow up to my last blog where I suggested that you and your soon-to-be-ex, write a letter to your children about a parenting schedule that puts their interests before your own. Well, this is a follow-up to that letter. Here we assume you have a parenting plan in place. The question is,
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Are you and your spouse planning to divorce? Do you have young children who could be devastated by this? How are you going to establish a parenting plan that will put their interests before your own? (If you don’t, the Court will.) To help insure that you and your soon-to-be-ex do have your kids best
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If you’re reading this blog, you’re probably toying with the idea of keeping your divorce from becoming a five alarm fire. A very smart idea – if you can get your spouse to go along. It can save you a fortune and you can reach a settlement you crafted-not an overpaid lawyer (or two). The
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It’s that time of year again to make sure that the holiday parenting schedule for your children that you worked out in your divorce judgment with your ex is still on track. As I’ve said in the past, it’s not a good idea to call your divorce lawyer on Christmas Eve and demand that he/she
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If you plan on getting a divorce or already have one, then you better check with your local social security office about some new rules Congress put into place that affect the benefits you will receive. There are two filing strategies used by married couples to enhance their joint benefit amount that are being phased
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So you would like to mediate your divorce, but you think you’ll have a hard time convincing your spouse to go along. I’m assuming he or she is ready to end the marriage as well and having a conversation about how to do it won’t be a surprise. Here are some opening lines that might
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Today is December 26th. Unfortunately this is the first day of a 10 day surge in online searches for information about divorce. So says an article in last Sunday’s New York Times. If you’re reading this blog then you’re among the group making that search. Naturally, my advice is to consider Mediation over contested divorce
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This is just a quick reminder. If you have a judgment of divorce or a settlement agreement that sets out in detail the Christmas and winter break schedule for the children, then you need to confirm with your ex NOW that he/she is not arbitrarily changing your parenting time and taking the kids away for