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Divorce Without the Arguing
Two helpful articles recently written in the Huffington Post about avoiding (or perhaps more realistically minimizing) arguments during the divorce process are written from the perspectives of attorneys and a divorce coach. Bearing the advice from each in mind while speaking with your soon to be ex-spouse should provide you with some helpful tools. The…
Read MoreBack to Basics: Divorce Mediation Models & Standards
After attending a Continuing Legal Education mediation training class this week, I was pondering the ongoing debate between mediation styles. There is a culture which has sprung up in mediation practice in New Jersey which calls for caucusing. A caucus is a break out session during the mediation process. The mediator speaks independently and privately…
Read MoreGrieving and Healing Through Separation and Divorce
In my blogs I like to add my perspective to an expert’s article. My theory is that I may add my expertise from working with divorcing couples to the ‘authority’ I find online. In today’s case, the article that caught my attention was not written by a therapist, lawyer or financier, but is an author’s…
Read MoreFacebook and Texting is Incriminating Evidence in Divorces
Facebook posts and text messages are a significant and growing trend as evidence in litigated divorce cases. Litigants no longer have to convince the judge that their soon-to-be-ex-spouse was committing evil deeds. Divorcing parties are more often divulging their inappropriate behavior to the judge themselves. Imagine a custody battle and during which concerned and dedicated…
Read More4 Tax Tips For Divorcing Couples
According to Barbara Zell Weinberger, Esq. writing for the Huffington Post, The following are the most commonly asked questions asked by divorcing couples during tax season. (The additions which I have added are italicized and contained in parentheses.) 1. Do we file jointly or as individuals? The law states that every individual must file according…
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