Shared Parenting Recently I had a long conversation* with Dr. Ned Holstein, Founder and Chair of the National Parents Organization (NPO). NPO seeks better lives for children through family law reform that establishes equal rights and responsibilities for fathers and...
Title: From The Simple To The Complex, Mediation Can Help by Guest Author Joe Dillon dividing house ownership? If you’re contemplating a divorce and thinking about mediating, you may be thinking it all sounds too good to be true. After all,...
Why I Became a Family Mediator by Virginia L Colin, Ph.D. The short version? It’s a calling. Here is the longer version: My first clue about what I should be doing came late in the 1990′s, when I learned...
Recommendations for Divorce Reform sisters Many people still think divorce must be handled through attorneys and litigation. A large number of experts disagree. Deborah Moskovitch recently summarized some of their recommendations in a Huffington Post article. Here, with Deborah’s permission,...
Divorce Corp – A Documentary Film Everyone who is considering divorce should see this movie. Most of them should then run away from litigious lawyers and find good professional family mediators to work with. Here are links to trailers from...
How Financial Assets Are Divided During Divorce Settlements | Divorce Property Settlements by Dave Landry Jr. and Virginia L Colin, Ph.D. (mostly Dave) money If you have decided to divorce, that was probably a very difficult choice to make. Divorce...
How to Do Well in a Custody or Visitation Hearing In Virginia, when custody and/or visitation are in dispute, judges use known criteria to discern what will be best for a child. The factors they weigh include: the age and...
How to Find a Good Family Law Attorney Sonja Aoun by Guest Author Sonja Aoun Choosing a lawyer to represent you in a divorce can be overwhelming. In addition to the more obvious factors to consider, such as experience or...
Spousal Support in Virginia In Virginia there are two ways of deciding about spousal support, also known as alimony. The first is used prior to the divorce. The second is used for the period after the date of divorce. Temporary Spousal Support...
Domestic Violence woman It’s a tough topic. People don’t like to think about it. They don’t want to know how many people are affected by it. According to a 2010 CDC study,* one of every four women and one...