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Do You Have Questions About Child Support?
The role of parents is to provide love, care and stability for their children. When parents decide to divorce, children are often the first to suffer. Sometimes children get lost in the complicated ...
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Ways to Prepare for Your Divorce in the New Year!
Although we are all trying to enjoy the holidays and navigate this pandemic, some of us are using this valuable time to prepare for life moving forward as we look to a new year. Now is the time to ...
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Child Support Tips!
1. What Is Child Support Child support is financial support provided by the noncustodial parent. It includes cash payments based on the parent's income and the needs of the child, health ...
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Am I Entitled to Part of the Family Business in My Divorce?
Divorce is no doubt an emotional nightmare, but it is also a financial and legal separation of a couple and their family. When considering divorce, spouses have a lot to consider financially like ...
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Divorce and the Family Business!
Divorces for people who own businesses are different from those of wage earners. First of all, businesses often have cash income which is not declared on tax returns. This makes it difficult to ...
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Taking Your First Divorce Step!
When did you start thinking about divorce? Was it during the coronavirus pandemic? Was it because of finances, fighting, infidelity, control issues, social media postings, or did you simply fall out ...
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Divorce Mediation Can Change Your Life!
I often tell my clients going through a divorce, the only predictability in life is change. We all dread and reluctantly develop coping mechanisms for managing the inevitable change that is part of ...
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Your Divorce Can Be Peaceful! Find Out How...
During these challenging, uncertain times, as a divorce attorney and mediator, I am happy to offer spouses a peaceful approach to divorce. It gives me great pleasure to offer a productive alternative ...
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Want to Know How to Divorce Without an Attorney?
We’ve all heard the horror stories from friends, newspapers, blogs, and tabloids. The typical divorce can be a nightmare, and everybody loses. Except, maybe, the divorce attorneys, who get paid ...
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Can Mediation Help Your Domestic Partnership?
As a divorce attorney and mediator for over 35 years, I have helped thousands of couples in all kinds of relationships. You may be thinking, “What is a domestic partnership?” In New York, ...
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Is Your Wife Abusing You?
I have worked with quite a few men over the last 35 years who all found themselves in very emotionally abusive relationships with their wives. In particular, in the last two years, abuse has ...
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Do You Know What The Grounds Are for Divorce in New York?
As a divorce attorney/mediator for over 35 years, I am often asked during a consultation about the grounds for divorce in New York. There are seven grounds for divorce. Irretrievable breakdown was ...
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Divorce Story
As a divorce attorney and psychologically-trained mediator, I hear all kinds of diverse divorce stories. I have decided to share some of these stories monthly with you. Naturally, I will change the ...
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Thinking About Divorce? Scared to Fill Out the Dreaded Statement of Net Worth?
As a divorce attorney/ mediator for over 35 years, I have seen many clients look scared when I hand them a Statement of Net Worth. The good news is there is nothing to fear, and I’m here to ...
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Getting Married? Have You Discussed Your Marriage "Money Style?"
Money for most of us is an emotionally charged topic. That’s why few of us, and few couples, like to talk about it. When couples come to see me and are considering a divorce, money can actually ...
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Can You Survive Financially if Divorce Comes Knocking on Your Door?
I had a consultation last week with a devastated spouse who said tearfully, “I can’t believe it, I have been married, I thought happily, for 12 years, and today my spouse said he wants a ...
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Doctors, Lawyers, and Other Professionals Choose Divorce Mediation!
Since I have been practicing over 35 years as a medically trained divorce attorney and mediator, I have had an amazing array of clients from business owners to therapists to celebrities. Regardless of ...
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Why Celebrities and Chefs Should Consider Mediation When Divorcing!
Divorce can be a difficult and emotionally draining process, especially for celebrities who have to go through it in the public eye. Many high-profile celebrity divorces have been publicized in the ...
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Divorce Story
As a divorce attorney and psychologically trained mediator, I hear all kinds of diverse divorce stories. I have decided to share some of these stories monthly with you. Naturally, I will change the ...
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My 5 Holiday Co-Parenting Tips!
During and after divorce it’s important to remember your children did not sign on to be your football. Many parents put their children right in the middle of their mess out of anger and pain. My ...
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Lois Brenner's Parenting Plan Checklist!
When parents separate or divorce, it is important to create a parenting agreement that outlines how they will share responsibilities for their children's care and upbringing. As a skilled, ...
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My Psychological Approach to Divorce Can Change Your Life!
With over 35 years of experience as a divorce attorney and psychologically trained mediator, I am a strong advocate for divorce with dignity. I have mastered techniques using psychology and sound ...
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Thinking of Divorcing Your Bipolar Spouse?
A divorcing couple met with me a few months ago for mediation. The husband had trouble holding a job as an accountant and significant outstanding credit card bills. He also smoked pot quite a bit and ...
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10 Clever Ways to Divorce a Narcissist!
Divorcing a narcissist can be an incredibly challenging and emotionally draining process. Narcissists often exhibit manipulative behaviors, an inflated sense of self-importance, and a lack of empathy, ...
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Don't Become a Divorce and Tax Horror Story!
Yes, it’s that time of year again as we gear up to deal with our taxes! For those getting a divorce, taxes are probably the least of their worries, but taxes and divorce are not always as ...
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Divorce and Taxes!
Tax time is right around the corner! For those getting a divorce, taxes are the least of their worries, but taxes and divorce are not always as straight forward as one might think. As a divorce ...
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Taking Your First Divorce Step!
When did you start thinking about divorce? Was it during the coronavirus pandemic? Was it because of finances, fighting, infidelity, control issues, social media postings, or did you simply fall out ...