When you lose a loved one your world is turned upside down. As your heart is wrenched out from you; you are left with the task of first attending to funeral arrangements and then to manage and settle your loved one’s estate. This is extremely difficult for a family and I have listed a few [...]
Over the years considerable research has shown that high conflict between parents is a significant factor in children's adjustment to divorce. This is one of the main reasons I am such an advocate of collaborative divorce and mediation. These processes reduce conflict as well as reduce the emotional and financial stress that is ever so [...]
No one is happier than me to be entering into Phase 2 in New York City. I, like many others, feel frustration. I wonder if we will ever get back to normal, whatever that is. The practice of law since March has become anything but normal; and if I hear one more person say how [...]
I have been working with divorcing couples as a mediator for over 25 years. I also practice divorce litigation, specializing in divorce and family law and that makes all the difference when I serve as a mediator. I just finished a case that ended up in litigation, after another mediator worked with thecouple for over [...]
I like happy endings. When I reread a favorite novel or watch a movie again and there is an unhappy ending I have this fantasy that this time the hero won't die, the couple will stay together, the prisoner will not be electrocuted. In my highly contested divorce cases the ending of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina [...]
I have been a certified mediator for over 25 years. I have met many couples as well as other clients who find themselves at odds and in need of legal counsel. I take my role as a mediator very seriously and think of it as an honor. To be given the opportunity to help two [...]
If anyone would ask me what separates a successful divorce and an unsuccessful one, I would say the ability to forgive. What I mean by successful is the divorce was just (each party got what was their due). There was not a devastation of their finances because of protracted litigation, and attorney fees. Most importantly [...]
As a divorce attorney, the saddest situation I face is when a client contemplating divorce does not want to get divorced but feels compelled to because, if they do not, their financial situation may end up being much worse. After seeing an attorney and being advised of their rights going forward, they realize, if they [...]
In this climate of the corona virus where social distancing is a buzz word, and the institutions that we relied on are not available, it is quite clear that the court system cannot be relied upon in resolving our disputes. Justice delayed is justice denied, and nowhere is that more telling than in our current [...]
Those of you who are divorced and were awarded a portion of your ex’s retirement, be sure your Domestic Relations order or Qualified Domestic Relations order is in place. As a divorce attorney practicing over 30 years, I can attest to a host of personal and legal problems from clients, represented by other attorneys in [...]