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Back to School Tips for Divorced Co-parents
Following on the heels of last week’s suggestions for stepparents, the tips for divorced co-parenting are also based on common sense. It’s still helpful to follow a guided outline of do’s and don’t’s especially when your children are involved. This way you ensure that both parents and stepparents stay focused on their children’s best interests. …
Tips for Being a Stepparent
1. Start Slow–There isn’t an article out there on this subject that doesn’t begin with this cautionary admonition. When you first come on the scene with your new stepchild, your first role is to be another caring adult in his or her life. Every child can benefit from that, but it takes time for relationships…
How Mediation Can Help You Avoid 7 Big Financial Divorce Mistakes
Eric Sandberg wrote, “Seven Big Post-Divorce Money Mistakes” for Fox Business. The following are the ways mediation can help you avoid those mistakes. 1. If your mortgage or credit card is in both parties’ names, then your lender will sue both of you if it’s not paid. Your Agreement should address which of you will…
The New Generation – A Friendly Divorce is Not an Oxymoron
The current generation of young couples, Generation X, is the generation of children of divorced parents. Increasingly, these young couples are making different choices as the generation who come from divorced parents. They want to do better or somehow not make the same mistakes their parents made. When I was doing research for another blog…
Should Alimony be Predictable?
There are child support guidelines so that parents can determine the amount of money each must contribute for the purpose of raising their child. The law dictates how the numbers to be plugged into the formula should be calculated. When special needs or circumstances exist, the law provides for deviation from the formula so that…
Same Sex Marriage Legal in New York!
This week New York joined Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont in legalizing same sex marriage. New York is the largest, most populated state allow gay and lesbian couples to marry. “Supporters of the measure described the victory in New York as especially symbolic — and poignant — because of its rich place in…