Tax Law and Alimony: Decide Now! A Big Change Arrives on January 1, 2019 By Virginia L Colin Decisions about alimony, also known as spousal support, are sometimes hard to make. Nevertheless NOW, before the end of December 2018, is...
Assets and Debts — What You Own and What You Owe These lists may be used when you are figuring out the terms of a divorce or figuring out how to manage the family’s finances while staying together. Assets include:...
Topics in Parenting Agreements Most mediated Parenting Agreements address at least three topics: decision making, the parenting schedule, and child support. The first, whether one parent will make most of the decisions alone or the two parents will confer with...
Coming Out: An Interview with Rick Clemons Here are some things I learned from Rick Clemons during our Family Matters interview Nov. 10, 2015. Coming out as a gay person is a journey, not a one time event. It starts with recognizing...
Best Tips For Moving When You’re Going Through A Divorce by guest author Aimee Lyons Moving can be a tough process for anyone, but when you’re going through a divorce, it can be even more emotional. For most people,...
Retired Judges Don’t Mediate Divorces People need to know about the huge difference between real, ethical, early or middle or late mediation and the service that groups of retired judges offer, which they erroneously call mediation. What they do is...
The Divorce Dance: Taking the Lead When divorcing, both parties need to understand their financial, emotional, and legal situations. For decades Stan Corey, author of The Divorce Dance, has been educating divorce clients about their financial situations and about the...
DIY Divorce? A few couples handle their divorces entirely on their own. Many couples can work out the terms of their divorce with just a little professional support. In a confidential setting, a professional family mediator can help each party...
Mediation for Divorce and Other Matters Ellice Halpern I want to thank my colleague Ellice Halpern for writing about The Guide to Low-Cost Divorce in Virginia on her Little Falls Mediation website. While my focus is solely on family...
Sharing the Love, and the Holidays, With Your Ex by Ed Farber, Ph.D. To your child only two things about divorce are good: double birthday presents and double holidays. Parents manage the holidays after separation and divorce in many different...