Divorce Mediation Blog

Let me start with a direct answer to your question, “can we get divorced during Covid-19?” Yes, you can absolutely start the divorce process in the middle of a pandemic.  However, the next question is a lot more complicated. This is the question of how clients decide to proceed with their divorce. This decision will …

One of the many unfortunate outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic are the major issues it is creating between divorced parents who are trying to co-parent their children. Many parents are either: 1) Sincerely concerned about children going back and forth between households or 2) See this as an opportunity to manipulate their custody order by …

A while back I read an article (‘Divorce and Autism’) decrying the one-size-fits-all, cookie-cutter approach that the family court system takes in working with families with special needs children. I couldn’t agree more that this approach does a serious disservice to families that already have a lot to deal with and I’m impressed by how …

Download my client handout “Telling your Children about Divorce” as a guide for talking with children about divorce. A recent study found that more than 50% of all divorcing parents never sit their children down and have a specific conversation with them about their divorce. Unfortunately, this leaves the children in the very de-stabilizing position of …

The unexamined life is not worth living – Socrates Reflecting on this quote by Socrates always inspires me to increased levels of self-examination (both personally and professionally) and consoles me when this level of introspection becomes hard work. Just last month as I was trying to balance the demands of the season with actually being …

This is an update of a blog I originally wrote several years ago on how to enjoy the holiday season for divorced families. This time of year can be challenging, so I have a few simple suggestions on how to enjoy the holiday season for divorced families. 1. Keep the Focus on Your Children How …

As a divorce mediator, you might think that gratitude is not the first thing on my mind nor the minds of my clients. It’s certainly not easy to be grateful, or even positive, when one is going through something as difficult as a divorce. However, this is why it’s so much more important to actively …

Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka has decided not to participate in the U.S. Open this year because due to an ongoing custody battle with her child’s father. She is apparently concerned about traveling out of the state with the child, who is less than a year old, and has decided to stay in California …