Separation Agreement
{3 minutes to read} Many of the couples separating/divorcing during this period of uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic come to mediation looking for help on how to make decisions when everything is in flux. Here is an email that I received recently: My husband and I would like to start the divorce process and…
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“Nothing good ever comes out of hurry and frustration, only misery.” ― Auliq Ice {2:42 minutes to read} There are times when spouses make decisions regarding their assets, which they later regret for a variety of reasons: They want the process over and done with. They are afraid of being bullied and think that being…
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{3:42 minutes to read} Working in mediation with couples going through divorce, I am at times concerned about some of the demands they have as they separate their lives and their assets. Rather than working out an agreement that is equitable and fair, some people are driven by revenge, anger, and a need to punish…
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{3 minutes to read} In the first article of this series regarding sharing the contents of your home when you are getting divorced, we discussed ways to divide The Basics—furnishings that have no real resale value. In this second article, I discuss artwork and collectibles that may have resale value and will be considered in the distribution of…
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{3:54 minutes to read} Some people anticipating a separation or divorce think or may have heard through the grapevine, about necessary prerequisites to starting divorce mediation. You know how the grapevine is. You can’t rely on everything they say being correct. So I thought it would be helpful to clarify 5 of the most frequently…
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{2:54 minutes to read} In working with people going through divorce, I often meet couples where, for a variety of reasons, one spouse has traveled through the marriage unaware of the whole financial picture. This is especially true if that spouse was being a stay-at-home parent and not working. It’s not that the “bookkeeping” spouse…
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I asked Rachel Fishman Green, Esq, who drafts many of the legal documents for my separating or divorcing clients, to describe the process once they have reached an agreement in mediation. After you have reached agreement in mediation, and the terms have been summarized in a Memorandum of Understanding, those points have to be…
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A family facing “conscious uncoupling,” i.e. separation or divorce, is increasingly becoming aware that the mediation process could be their no. 1 choice! Rather than exacerbating their differences, both parties gain by working through their issues together, making their own decisions and hopefully letting the healing process begin. Most people know that mediation is much…
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It would be sensible to say that a good financial settlement requires the full disclosure of assets by all parties. Whether for a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement, a separation, divorce, or any other financial agreement, how can people have a productive conversation if they don’t have all the facts in front of them? Full disclosure…
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That is a shocking statement, isn’t it? “I failed my marriage but I succeeded at my divorce!” Failing at marriage may generate terrible feelings of guilt in addition to the emotional pain, fear, and anger. The words “succeed at one’s divorce” do not feel right in the context of a separation. How can one talk…
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