Your Life's Next Chapter

Today is a great day to show your appreciation for your father, brother, son. Don’t forget Father’s Day is coming. Now is the perfect time to “thank” your father for the amazing gift of life he has given you and to those who are fathers, to appreciate, the incredible life which came into this world [...]

Deciding whether to have a prenup is a tough decision even for a prince. However, it is probably a good idea regardless of whether you have accumulated wealth right now or not. You are probably going to accumulate lots of wealth during your marriage. Having a prenup is kind of like having insurance or a [...]

As you probably already have heard, New York State finally joined the other 49 states and has enacted a No Fault Divorce statute allowing couples who want to divorce, but who didn’t previously have a “reason” to now part ways without having to accuse their spouse of wrongdoing. However, this new statute came with some [...]

“Helping [sic] couples through divorce through mediation is a softer landing, and that is softer to everyone involved. Just think of these children on Christmas.” — Marietta Shipley (Tennessean Divorce Mediator and Attorney, and former Judge)

I wanted to share a success story with you: A few months ago, several couples came to my office seeking to divorce their spouses.  At the time, New York had not yet enacted the No Fault divorce and so the best option was to file a Separation Agreement, wait a year, and then submit legal [...]

Yesterday, Governor Paterson signed the bill into law – so couples no longer have to prove that they have the right to end their marriage.  Instead, effective October 14, 2010 the courts must grant a divorce where either spouse states under oath that for at least 6 months there was an “irretrievable breakdown in the [...]

One of the major differences between a litigated divorce and a mediated divorce is time and money. A mediated divorce can often be resolved in as little as 4-6 weeks for just  a few thousand dollars (or less, if the couple resolves the financial and visitation issues  and prepares the papers themselves) while a litigated [...]

Even though no fault divorce looks to be a near arrival in New York State (finally) will not make prenuptial agreements obsolete.  Prenups can dictate what happens to finances, property, pets and other issues that may be of concern to the engaged couple – as determined by the couple, rather than the Court or attorneys.

I just read about this exciting news – New York – the last holdout – is finally considering to join the rest of this Country in changing to No-Fault Divorce. This is such good news as it will remove the blame out of getting divorced in New York and just allow couples to focus on [...]