by Alla Roytberg, Esq. | Feb 12, 2013 | children, custody, divorce, Divorce Law, divorce mediation, family, mediation, parenting plan, separation
“In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice” – Charles Dickens. One of the most difficult decisions a judge has to make in a divorce case where...
by Alla Roytberg, Esq. | Nov 30, 2012 | children, custody, divorce, Divorce Law, divorce mediation, family, family law, mediation, parenting plan, separation
“For every thing you have missed, you have gained something else; and for every thing you gain, you lose something” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Parental relocation post-separation or post-divorce often creates unprecedented challenges for the parent who wants 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 | Jan 5, 2009 | collaborative law, custody, divorce, mediation, parenting plan
Family quarrels are bitter things. They don’t go by any rules. They are not like aches or wounds; they are more like splits in the skin that won’t heal because there’s not enough material. – F. Scott Fitzgerald Welcome to 2009! The Holiday...