Is the Child Support Statute in New York State Still Relevant Today? (video)
The New York State statute for child support, established in 1989, may not adequately address the full range of expenses needed to raise children today. According to the [...]
Managing Expectations Post-Separation or Divorce (video)
In my last video, we discussed managing expectations in the mediation, but of equal importance, is managing expectations post-separation and post-divorce. Things will be different in many ways, [...]
Maintenance and Child Support Re-Visited (video)
Maintenance (Spousal Support) and Child Support are two very distinctive payments that one spouse would be giving the other. And even though it looks like it's all going [...]
The Marital Home in Inflationary Times (video)
In previous videos, I’ve talked about the higher mortgage interest rates on the sale or refi of the marital home and how that can affect a couple’s decisions [...]
The Marital Home — Part 2
Faced with the high-interest rates on home mortgages, many couples are delaying the refinance or sale of their marital home. In some cases, the delay is prompted by [...]
The Marital Home — Part 1
One of the most important topics in any mediation is the marital home and what is to become of it. There are lots of decisions that need to [...]