Separated but Still Living Together in the Marital Home (video)
Mediation is a self-determining process, and most couples want to complete the process and go on to live their lives separately. Sometimes, however, a couple will complete the process [...]
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 [...]
College Education for Your Children After Divorce Part 4 (video)
How are you, as parents, planning to pay for college for your children? While you're married to each other, you're planning and doing it together. But If you're [...]
College Education for Your Children Part 2 (video)
Even if your children are young, you need to talk about college in your mediation. Why? Because you do not want the agreement to be silent about what [...]
Do You Know Why That First Relationship Didn’t Work? (Video)
Once you've gone through the mediation and signed the Agreement and/or the final Judgment of Divorce, don't be in such a rush to begin a new relationship. In [...]
Different Parenting Styles? The Children Will Adjust (video)
We live in a world of hyperbole — Breaking News, StormWatch, Hyper-Local Headlines! Everything is so exaggerated and over-the-top. Kids are not immune to hyperbole. When they travel [...]
Snarky and Snippy and Snipey, Oh My! (Video)
In my last video, I discussed a quote attributed to Abraham Lincoln that really stood out as it applied to divorce mediation and to life. In this video, [...]
The NYS Council on Divorce Mediation Celebrates 40 Years (video)
For the first time since 2019, the New York State Council on Divorce Mediation met to celebrate its 40th anniversary with everyone who could attend. As in [...]
Timing is Everything! (video)
Given the world we live in, I was impressed by a quote from Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book, Leadership in Turbulent Times. The quote is attributed to Abraham Lincoln and [...]