Posts Tagged ‘divorce mediation’
CoronaVirus Blog II-Divorce Mediation (Emergency Self Divorce Mediation)
What do you do if you are stuck at home during the CoronaVirus “Staycation” and you have problems with your ex? This is “self-Divorce Mediation.” This also works for current spouses. The best Divorce Mediation or any Mediation is peaceful. Stay calm or calm down fast. Did you know that if you start getting worked…
Read MoreNearing the End? Divorce Mediation and Child Custody Mediation Can Help!
It has been a long winter. These winters can wear on relationships, especially, if the fabric of your relationship was wearing thin even before the winter. How does a relationship wear out? Well, first, when partners stop talking, stop trying to work things out, problems can arise. Maybe you’ve tried to get your counselor to…
Read MoreHow to get Things Decided in Divorces or Divorce Mediation: Fighting Fairly in Divorce
This post is about fighting fairly. In divorce or divorce mediation, this is very important. If you can’t fight fairly, the damage to yourself or to you children can be immense, perhaps even irreparable. How do you do fight fairly? Well, first it helps to be in the right frame of mind. For example, many…
Read MoreDivorce Mediation with Kids
Handling divorce even without children is not easy, but having children involved makes it twice as difficult. Without children, courts are mainly concerned with division of assets. With children courts are interested in children’s welfare also: will each parent’s household have enough money to meet the needs of the children? Will each parent have the…
Read MoreSpring Cleaning? Maybe It’s Time for Divorce Mediation.
Despite the snowflakes yesterday, spring is coming to Minnesota! It’s the time of year when many choose to do spring cleaning of their houses and yards. It’s also a time when folks have more energy to “move on” in their personal lives. If you are moving on into divorce, consider divorce mediation: it’s better for…
Read MoreMore Divorce Mediation Issues
The hardest part of divorce mediation issues is that what is an issue to one partner or parent or spouse may not be to the other. But it is precisely because one person has a problem that the other person doesn’t acknowledge that leads to a breakdown in a relationship. Divorce mediation can help with…
Read MoreDivorce Mediation and Shortening the Process
Divorce Mediation or Separation Mediation can be a longer process if you have a lot of possessions to divide or have a lot of children, especially with a large age range. It helps you a great deal if you can figure a few things out before you come in to see me. It is fastest…
Read MoreDivorce Mediation 2019
This is my first blog post of 2019, so I wish you a happy new year. Snow is on the ground, it’s cold and there is only a little more light than there was in December. For most people that means hunkering down, doing only what you have to do to get through the winter.…
Read MoreHeading for a Christmas Divorce? Try Divorce Mediation
Divorce is heart-breaking at any time of year, but especially at Christmas, that most family-oriented of holidays (the same can be said of Hanukkah). What other holiday celebrates the chance to give presents to everyone, and have special holiday meals and parties. Cookies, fudge, popcorn balls and ethnic delights abound. Families have traditions for Christmas…
Read MoreSummer is Here And So Is Mediation for Kids’ School Schedules. try Divorce Mediation
When is the best time to mediate out divorced kids’ fall schedule? Summer, of course. Both parents are more relaxed and that makes working out differences much easier. Plus, you have a few months for divorce mediation before you need the schedule to kick in. I have been helping parents work out custody schedules for…
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