The impact of realistic estrangement on child custody matters
¿Quién fue "la mujer del César"?
Life After Love Gone Wrong Podcast: Season 3, Episode 7 - Invisible Scars: The Impact of Coercive Control on Children
Life After Love Gone Wrong Podcast: Season 3, Episode 6 - Reshaping Your Legacy: Estate Planning After Your Divorce
Life After Love Gone Wrong Podcast: Season 3, Episode 5 - Parallel Proceedings: The Intersection of Criminal Law and Family Law
Life After Love Gone Wrong Podcast: Season 3, Episode 4 - Splitting Costs: Forensic Accounting in Divorce
Life After Love Gone Wrong Podcast: Season 3, Episode 2 - Mortgage Mastery: Charting a Financial Course Post-Divorce
Life After Love Gone Wrong Podcast: Season 3, Episode 1 - The Truth Behind Coercive Control
Jewish Divorce Talk: Episode 8 - Narcissism and Parental Alienation Talk
Let's Talk About the Anatomy of a Prenuptial Agreement
Let's Talk About Easy Divorces
Jewish Divorce Talk: Episode 7 - Custody Evaluation Talk
Once Removed Episode 12: SLATs and the Case of McKim vs. McKim
Jewish Divorce Talk: Episode 6 - “Let’s Gett Serious” Talk
Let's Talk Your Fault or Mine: The Process of No-Fault Divorce
Jewish Divorce Talk: Episode 5 - Matchmaking Talk
Jewish Divorce Talk: Episode 4 - Financial Talk
Jewish Divorce Talk: Episode 3 - Intimacy Talk
Jewish Divorce Talk: Episode 2 - Sexual Abuse Prevention Talk
Let's Talk About Taxes and Divorce
Divorce is a deeply personal and emotional process that can have significant implications for your business and financial stability. When business ownership is involved, navigating divorce proceedings becomes increasingly...more
The news out of Harrisburg is that both chambers of the General Assembly have passed what is termed House Bill 917, formally the Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act. This comes almost five years after the Revised Uniform...more
People seeking to resolve their complex, high net worth divorces in the Family Law Division of the Maricopa County Superior Court in the State of Arizona can find themselves trapped in a system that is not well suited to meet...more
I have extensively blogged on the importance of formalizing arbitration agreements in the context of divorce or post-judgment actions in compliance with the applicable Court rules, offering technical and practical advice if...more
Mediation or conciliation can help resolve your divorce amicably and without contested litigation in Court. For many divorcing couples, mediation or conciliation can provide numerous benefits, including...more
Divorce is rarely, if ever, a happy process. The fundamental disagreements that lead a spouse to file for divorce may create chronic distrust and animosity. The additional conflicts spawned during a lengthy pretrial process...more
On January 1, 2024, the Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act (UFLAA) goes into effect in Washington State. The UFLAA is a new law that will allow many family law issues to be resolved in an out-of-court arbitration process...more
Recently, several decisions have been released by the Appellate Division concerning when, where, how, and when a Court compel parties to submit to the authority of the Bais Din on Get-related issues. My February, 2023 blog...more
No one contemplates divorce when they are getting married. While some people plan with a pre-nuptial agreement, many do not. If that relationship, which was at one point the most important and fulfilling aspect of your...more
Get refusal is an issue to which secular courts have yet to find an adequate solution because of constraints implicating freedom of religion and the state’s prohibition against entanglement with religious doctrine. In New...more
As more and more couples are disputing pet custody issues when divorcing or separating, there is increasing concern in the legal community about how to fairly adjudicate these disputes, without unnecessarily burdening the...more
One of the first options to consider when you start your divorce is whether you want to proceed through litigation, mediation, or arbitration. In general, at the outset of a divorce, one chooses amongst these paths. ...more
Today, lawyers are turning to mediation more frequently than ever before. Mediation offers a number of benefits, including the opportunity for parties to be heard; a chance to save time and money and avoid the costs of...more
An article recently came out in the New York Times about a dynamic that tends to unfold in the context of Bais Din proceedings, where one parent leaving the Chassidic community seeks to withdraw their children from certain...more
If you missed Vacating an Arbitration Award in the Bais Din – Part I, go back and give it a read before delving into Part II, which primarily will discuss vacating particular provisions related to custody and parenting time...more
As 2022 comes to a close (who can believe it?), I find myself reflecting on the year past, and also planning for the year ahead. 2022 has certainly has its ups and downs, but as the pandemic has waned, 2022 has also presented...more
I’ve previously blogged about issues surrounding the Agreement to Arbitrate and how that may be set aside in certain circumstances. But what about a case where the Agreement to Arbitrate is legally sufficient, but the...more
If you learn nothing else from my blog series on Arbitrations in the Bais Din, remember this one caveat: do not sign an Agreement to Arbitrate without the advice of counsel. Doing so could prove catastrophic for you, your...more
Let’s start this one with a hypothetical. A divorce action has been filed against you by your spouse. A very important court date is coming up regarding the children and somehow you find yourself in Bais Din. You are swept up...more
Arbitrations can sometimes take on a more informal tone than an in-court proceeding. The entire vibe of the proceeding can be more relaxed; there’s usually no bailiff, nobody is wearing a black robe, and many of the...more
In my last blog post, I reviewed the requirements for parties to submit their marital disputes to Bais Din under New Jersey law, which is provided for under New Jersey Court Rule 5:1-5(b). However, special considerations...more
The New York Law Journal Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Special Report - Valuation disputes arise in many contexts. Whether a legal dispute over a business dissolution or equitable distribution disagreement in a...more
What is the difference between mediation, arbitration, and conciliation? How does each of these affect a family law case such as divorce or child custody? Who needs to be present during each of these proceedings? Learn more...more
Recently, NAM and the ABA collaborated in conducting a CLE webinar entitled, ADR in Divorce: Fast Tracking Resolutions. Three of NAM's well-regarded neutrals, Hon, Jeffrey S. Brown (Ret.), Elena Greenberg, Esq. and Hon....more
As we have written before, alternate dispute resolution is a favored way to resolve divorce matters, whether it be mediation or binding arbitration. One reason that people choose the arbitration route is that they are...more