Grandparents often play an essential role in the lives of their grandchildren.

Your relationship with your mediator is fundamental.Your relationship with your mediator is fundamental.

In today’s MarketWatch magazine question was posed as to whether an inheritance could somehow become marital property.

I have written elsewhere my confusion why so many parents choose litigation over mediation.

Many very capable mediators are not lawyers. So why use a lawyer?

In my long experience as a divorce attorney and mediator, I have sometimes witnessed parties obstructing, indeed often sabotaging, their own divorce.

In preparation for divorce mediation you should start assembling certain financial documents.

How does the mediator handle mortgage debt in reaching a divorce agreement?

An issue that often crops up in divorce mediation is student loan debt. . .

As if parenting was not difficult enough for parents who are separated or divorced, the pandemic has only made it more difficult. . .

You have heard about prenups and postnups, but what about babynups? A babynup is an agreement between future parents as to how they will divide future childcare responsibilities…

Since I am an attorney with over forty years experience in divorce litigation, I believe my approach may deliver better results than other mediation options available to you. I promise…

Although our current political arguments might lead you to think otherwise, the reality is that we live in a world with more and more international connections…

Divorcing parents can disagree about many things, particularly when a pandemic wholly disrupts the norms of behavior and practice.

Since the eruption of the pandemic, our office has conducted most of our mediation services virtually. After a number of months, the question necessarily arises: Does it work? The answer is a resounding yes…

My approach, and that of most mediators, is to schedule an in-person session where I review the various issues the parties may have to get divorced. During pandemic times, …

The IRS states that the parent who can claim the dependency exemption for a child on his or her tax return is the parent designated as the custodial parent by a court order or a legal agreement. Absent either, …

When I practiced divorce litigation in New York, I would estimate the average cost of a divorce to a single party in the range of $50,000-$100,000. Of course, that estimate could change greatly depending on any number of factors. However,…