Many clients wonder why divorce agreements are so lengthy and whether the precise wording is really that important. The length is due to the large number of issues that must be addressed. Maintenance, Child Support, Custody & Parenting Time, and…
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of attending a continuing education class on the use of mediation in Estate cases. Having been drafting estate plans for years and also being an experienced divorce mediator, I pondered whether mediation might…
Most couples go into marriage thinking that their marriages will last a lifetime.
However, for reasons they may fully understand, some couples find that getting a divorce is the best solution to ending their pain.
If you are wondering how…
Part of what you will be doing as you use the Negotiated Divorce system is negotiating an agreement with your spouse. Negotiation is difficult under the best of circumstances, but in the context of a divorce where emotions run high,…
Although the situation between economically distressed Greece and its European lenders changes daily, as they approached one deadline, European leaders gave Greece an ultimatum: Agree to an extension of the bailout program or lose the funding Greece needs to avoid…
When divorcing couples use an online divorce service to manage their divorce without the help of lawyers, they sometimes ask: “We’ve got some tough issues to settle, but we don’t want to make it worse by bringing in lawyers to…
Almost any family law attorney can describe a case wherein a couple spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to settle issues of asset division, alimony, child support, and custody. In other less costly instances, the money spent still far outstripped…
Having Fair Standards: A Divorce Without Lawyers
When you divorce without lawyers, some divorce professionals (like mediators) tell divorcing spouses not to use the term ‘fair’ when discussing what they want in a divorce agreement: “Fair is an F-word. We…
Divorcing couples who want to settle their own divorce and to use an online divorce service to avoid excessive legal fees need “to know their paradigm.” What do we mean by that?
You’ve heard the terms “work mode” and “play…
Trust is like water in a wellspring; it is either being replenished or depleted, built up or drawn down. And as water is to life, so trust is essential to the relatedness of all kinds: between friends, spouses, parents and…