by LAMP | Dec 8, 2010 | child support, custody, division of property, divorce, divorce mediation, domestic violence, new york, separation, spousal support
“Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.” – C.E. Stowe Finally, after decades of resistance, New York decided to join the other 49 states and offer a “no-fault” divorce option to those couples who want to...
by LAMP | Aug 3, 2010 | child support, children, collaborative law, custody, divorce, divorce mediation, domestic violence, economy, family, family law, immigrants, new york, parenting plan, queens, separation
“Marriage customs bring together two people from different lineages and place them under a common roof. By definition, marriage is a joining of unlike elements. Even when the bond is strong, a seam both connects and divides husband, wife and the web of in-laws...
by LAMP | Aug 1, 2010 | child support, children, collaborative law, custody, divorce, divorce mediation, economy, family, family law, mediation, new york, parenting plan, separation
“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.” – Kahlil Gibran In a July 30 New York Times Article, entitled “The Un-Divorced”, Pamela Paul discusses a phenomenon of long term separation as the...
by LAMP | Feb 10, 2009 | collaborative law, custody, divorce, divorce mediation, family law, new york
Thoughts on Anne Barnard’s 02-04-09 New York Times Article “2 Doctors, a Custody Battle and an Execution-Style Killing” “Those who hate most fervently must have once loved deeply; those who want to deny the world must have once embraced what...
by LAMP | Jan 23, 2009 | child support, children, collaborative law, custody, divorce, family, mediation
Whatever happened to a sense of idealism and embracing an idea that will help people, and in this case, children? — Rod Blagojevich Isn’t it ironic to whose judgment we often entrust most precious and vulnerable members of our society – our children?...
by LAMP | Jan 8, 2009 | child support, custody, divorce, economy, family, mediation
What a holler would ensue if people had to pay the minister as much to marry them as they have to pay a lawyer to get them a divorce. -Claire Trevor Some of the factual circumstances surrounding real divorces are often so incredible that even a film studio would...