divorcing spouses

Reconciliation word cloud

what is reconciliation?

By Jennifer Safian / October 9, 2022

{2 mins to read} My last two articles talked about apology and forgiveness. This article is about reconciliation, which can take place between spouses, friends, or colleagues at work. It can even take place between divorcing spouses, as they may want to maintain a cordial or even amicable relationship after the divorce. However, in this…

Read More

we’re getting divorced: do we cut the children down the middle?

By Jennifer Safian / April 8, 2021

{4 minutes to read}  Creating a parenting schedule for divorcing spouses is not an easy task when each of them wants to have the children for as much time as possible. Parents can agree on a primary custodial parent who will have the children on more overnights than the non-custodial parent, or they can opt…

Read More
Picture Of Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn). 1967, presented at the exhibition in The art gallery the Art gallery "K35". Moscow. 09.12.2009

how much is my picasso worth?

By Jennifer Safian / March 18, 2020

{4 minutes to read}  In a divorce, valuing art work or real estate properties can be a difficult task. As a former art dealer and now divorce mediator, I have been asked several times to speak about dividing up art works in a divorce. Last October 2019, New York State Supreme Court Justice Laura Drager…

Read More

parent’s divorce or spouse’s divorce: it’s all in how we say it

By Jennifer Safian / July 30, 2019

{3 minutes to read}   James was brought in to see a child psychologist by his mother: “I am very sad,” he said, “because my parents are getting divorced.” The therapist responded: “Your parents are not getting divorced, the spouses are getting divorced.” James was not quite sure what to make of this answer so the…

Read More