Key Considerations for Retirement Plans and QDROs in Divorce Mediation (video)
In divorce mediation, it is crucial to address retirement plans and Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs) thoughtfully. First, ensure all financial facts are on the table before negotiating [...]
This Video Comes with a Warning. Do Not Try This at Home! (video)
This video explains the importance of a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) when dividing retirement plans in a divorce. Pensions and 401(k) plans are "qualified" plans, which means [...]
Apologies — Part 2 (video)
In this video, Ada explains that genuine apologies are recognizable by their sincerity and contrasts them with inauthentic apologies that shift blame onto the recipient. She emphasizes [...]
Review Attorneys Are Not Demolition Experts (video)
In this article, Ada Hasloecher points out the importance of understanding legal agreements in divorce mediation to ensure the agreements are accurate reflections of the parties' wishes. If [...]
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 [...]