Winning, Losing and Divorce
There is an African proverb that says “When elephants fight it is the grass that suffers.” Much can be drawn from this wisdom. There is a lot of collateral damage that arises from conflict and there is often harm done to the innocent bystanders looking on. In the...
Family Code 2640 and Divorce Mediation.
I am sorry. Once again I am referencing a Family Code section in my blog title this week. Last week I led with case names and grappled with reimbursement claims arising in divorce, getting into some technical and somewhat boring stuff. While statutes and case...
Moore Marsden and California Divorce Mediation.
A very important part of the divorce process is getting educated on your rights and responsibilities so that a fair and reasonable resolution can be obtained. When you litigate your divorce you may count on the attorney you hired to carry the responsibility of seeing...
Marriage Rights and Prenups.
Why is it that people get married? Just speaking from my own experience, about 27 years ago my wife and I decided that we had found a partner that we wanted to spend the rest of our lives with. We enjoyed being with each other, inspired one another and shared dreams...
Capital Gains, the Family Home and Divorce Mediation.
When couples mediate they have lots of options to consider when addressing what will happen with the family home. If the issue is litigated the options are usually for one spouse to buy out the other one through a refinance or that the house be sold. Sometimes these...
Cohabitation, Spousal Support and Divorce Mediation.
In a previous blog I tackled the subject of how long couples can expect spousal support to last upon the conclusion of their divorce. One of the considerations mentioned at that time was the impact of cohabitation on one’s right to continue receiving support and the...
The Case for Kindness in Divorce.
Kindness is the quality of being friendly, generous and considerate. When people think of divorce they don’t typically think of two people coming together and being friendly, generous and considerate to one another. To the contrary, a more typical expectation is...
The Days Between: Epstein, Watts and Divorce Mediation
For Grateful Dead fans there is this time period called “Days Between” which is the stretch between August 1st when Jerry Garcia, one of the band’s founding members, was born (8/1/42) and August 9th, when he died (8/9/95). “Days Between” also happens to be one of...
Trust and Divorce Mediation.
With Divorce Mediation there are two big steps that need to be taken to prepare a couple to be in a place to make the important and lasting decisions they will need to make in their divorce. The first part is getting educated on the law and the issues. It is...
Divorce Mediation and the Preservation of Relationships
Divorce poses the very unique challenge of finding a practical way to bring the marriage to an end while keeping an eye to preserving all the other important relationships that have grown over time from the intersection of the worlds of the two spouses. Finding a way...