You and your spouse have decided to divorce, and now you face the daunting task of telling your children. Be aware that how you explain...

While divorce may end a marriage, when you’re a parent it doesn’t end the need for working together on behalf of your children. How you...

It doesn’t matter if your ex is a narcissist, if they refuse to communicate, or if they constantly attack you - what matters is you. Are...

Joint custody arrangements after a separation or divorce can become quite stressful. Each parent will have to learn how to let go of the...

No one looks to get divorced because they’ve just had a bad day or are bored. Couples thinking about divorce are despairing. Divorce is...

How long is this going to take? When can we get this over with? Often, those are two of the first questions clients ask. When people are...

The phenomenon of late-life divorce is growing fast -- and blowing apart a lot of divorcing spouses' retirement plans in the process....

Many of my divorce mediation clients' main asset is the equity in their home. Often, one spouse chooses to purchase the other's share of...

A different kind of blog posting ... The Avett Brothers' new album, "True Sadness", includes the song "Divorce Separation Blues" which...

There is a no more contentious topic on the face of the Earth than children, particularly as their parents struggle with custody...

Divorce is hard and the truth is that most times, married couples never really part ways on the best note. A lot of disappointment, pain,...

A question to be answered by all parents—separated or divorced parents, married or unmarried—is: How will the child’s college education...

Listen to the podcast of my interview on WCAI's The Point talking about how divorce mediation provides an amicable resolution to...

The emotional aspect of divorce is often the most challenging, since the parties’ emotions directly impact all of the other elements. It...

Like Susan Ingram the majority of the couples I see in divorce mediation have children. Early on in the mediation process, when I ask...

In this blog posting, Ada Hasloecher shares a letter a wife wrote to her husband asking that they return to mediation and "allowing...

When most people get divorced the last thing they want to do is continue living together in the same house. One of the prime reasons to...

Like Clare Piro, I think mediation can be a hard thing to do. And while I firmly believe that it is the best option to resolve conflict,...

The average cost of an uncontested divorce in Canada is $1,845, but a contested divorce can cost anywhere from $6,145 to $87,974, with...

We all know the holiday season is fraught with stress, overwhelm and pressure for parents. But we are not alone. For children facing...