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Mediation and Collaborative Divorce offer many benefits over litigation or even traditional position-based negotiations. Here are seven of them: 1. Control The parties get to make their own decisions. The mediator or collaborative professionals help the parties understand their options and the…
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Almost everyone has heard of prenuptial agreements, those contracts signed in anticipation of marriage, usually to protect the intended spouses’ finances. But most people are less familiar with postnuptial agreements, which are just what they sound like: an agreement signed after marriage.…
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Ah, the holidays. Store windows twinkle with lights and glittering displays of gifts. Entire television channels are devoted to movies about finding romance under the gently falling snow. Family and friends gather around tables laden with holiday treats. And divorced or unmarried…
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When you think of an abusive marriage, what is the image that comes to mind? If you are like most people, you imagine one spouse (probably a man) physically harming or threatening the other (probably a woman). Physical violence is certainly a…
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Wedding vows often include the words “for richer or poorer,” and married couples often live by the principle that “what’s mine is yours.” Income goes into a joint checking account; spouses have joint credit cards. In fact, for most couples, it would…
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When parents divorce or no longer share a household, child custody issues are among the most difficult to resolve. How much time will the children spend with each parent, and how will that parenting time be scheduled? How will parents continue to…
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Child custody can be one of the most difficult issues to resolve when parents divorce or are in separate households. Custody arrangements will have a profound impact on the life of the family, and especially the life of the child. When we…
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According to numerous sources, the divorce rate among couples over 50 has nearly doubled since the 1990s. The phenomenon has become so prevalent, there’s a term for it: gray divorce (or grey divorce). Gray divorce often involves couples who married young and…
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One of the biggest worries for many people in divorce is how they will manage financially. In many marriages, one spouse earns significantly more than the other, and the couple’s standard of living depends on that income. In divorce, the spouse who…
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Let’s face it: no one is at their best during divorce. At a minimum, everyone going through divorce is going through loss, even if they were the person who decided to end the marriage. Divorce represents the loss of a dream for…
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