A significant part of my law practice is a steady stream of prenuptial agreements for clients who are embarking on marriage. Generally (but not always), I represent the less-moneyed spouse.
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Mediation To Stay Married – A Technique With Promise
There is a veil of silence that surrounds every married couple. Spouses express loyalty by not complaining about their partner or their marriage. People feel ashamed if other people know there are problems in their marriage. People often feel that Read More …
Mediator as Truthsayer
Mediation is not one monolithic technique. Mediators and mediation theorists may categorize different types of mediation techniques into different theoretical boxes, such as “facilitative”, “evaluative” and “transformational”. But the categories all seem to bleed into each other. At its core, Read More …
Prenups – A Blessing or a Curse?
Premarital discussion about finances and money is a good thing. But if the goal of that discussion is a formal, signed prenuptial agreement, the process is fraught with problems and can pose significant damage to the upcoming marriage. Prenuptial agreements Read More …
Prenups – Don’t Lawyer Up, Mediate! Part II: “The Solution”
In the first part of this article, Prenups — Don’t Lawyer Up, Mediate! — Part I: “The Problem”, I discussed the dangers in doing prenups the usual way — lawyering up and making it like an adversarial business deal. This Read More …
Where does Marital Mediation Fit In?
During the past quarter century, academics and others writing about mediation have characterized styles of mediation as belonging to one of three categories: “facilitative”, “evaluative” and “transformative”. The categories are quite clearly defined. Facilitative Mediation “Facilitative” mediation (the original type which Read More …
How To Save Your Marriage
One of the most interesting and fulfilling parts of my law practice is to assist people who are contemplating divorce or in the midst of divorcing. I consider this work in helping people though a very significant transition in life Read More …
Marital Mediation: An Emerging Area of Practice
by Susan K. Boardman, Ph.D., John A. Fiske, L.L.B, Laurie Israel, J.D., and Kenneth Neumann, Ph.D. May, 2009 Abstract This article describes the process of “Marital Mediation” as a relatively new field of family mediation , designed to keep couples Read More …