Divorce Tool Kit

A divorcing client proclaimed, “Divorce is so ironic: I feel awful, anxious, and angry, but everyone tells me I have to do my best decision-making and negotiating, now. How on earth am I supposed to do that?” according to a Huffington Post article, “The Perfect Divorce Toolkit.” I couldn’t have put it better myself.  I…

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Mediation Training: Family Law Class

I recently attended a 40 hour seminar on family law mediation training.  While mediation is taking hold more and more in the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, New Jersey has established this extensive mediation program through the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education at the Law Center as well as through the New…

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Do I Have to Appear in Court for Divorce Mediation?

The state which has jurisdiction over the parties’ divorce dictates whether they ever have to appear in court before a judge.  If the couple lives in Pennsylvania, the answer is no. So long as both parties are cooperating with the divorce process and procedure, they never have to go to court in order to obtain a consensual divorce. If the…

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Can a Divorce Settlement be Invalidated?

This week lawyers across the board have been up in arms over the case of a divorced man who is a victim of Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.  He is asking the court to re-open his divorce settlement.  The contention is based on the legal issue that both husband and wife made the mutual mistake of…

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Obama’s DOMA Decision Deconstructed

Two weeks ago I took a GLBT continuing legal education course in order to be better prepared to mediate same sex divorce and separation issues.  As a result, I became much more familiar with DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) and it’s significance.  This is the federal law that prohibits marriage between same sex couples.  It…

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