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…

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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…

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The 5 Do’s and Don’ts of Divorce

DIVORCE DO’S Get educated—empower yourself to make your own decisions. Stay focused on what’s important.  Don’t spend thousands to save $100. Be generous with your actions and decisions regarding your children. If you are flexible and reasonable, you will get through this difficult stage of your life and begin to transition into your next chapter.  Eventually…

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Duration of Divorce Mediation Process

I am often asked how long the process of divorce mediation takes.  There are many different models of divorce mediation.  Many mediators use the same hourly billing method that traditional attorneys use.  The problem with that from a time line perspective is that the case can drag on for an indeterminable period of time similar…

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Why Choose Divorce Mediation?

As a rule the public generally thinks of the divorce process as a litigated divorce—two parties going to court until the matter is concluded either by the decision of a judge or by the parties settling things somewhere down the line.  Unfortunately this process takes a long time, costs a lot of money and most…

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