Category: Divorce

A modified version of this paper has been published by the Texas Wesleyan Law Review. Gay G. Cox & Robert...

How could a mediator be neutral about your situation when you are getting divorced? Surely one of you is right...

A recent Time magazine article asked “Does Divorce Hurt Kids?” and presented the conclusions from the two longest term studies...

Many experienced family and divorce mediators are familiar with the term "Get" and are aware of its relevance when a...

Sarah and Beth have lived together for seven years. They intended to live happily ever after, But as too often...

This article was first published in Divorce Magazine, Winter 2001. “I’ll consider not proceeding with the divorce if my spouse...

As humans, we are symbol-making creatures. Our uniqueness (perhaps along with other primates) is in our symbolic use of language....

The full document is available in pdf format. Model Court Protocol for Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Screening in Matters...

The Model Standards of Practice for Family and Divorce Mediation ("Model Standards") are the family mediation community’s definition of the...

See the Foreward to the Model Standards These standards of family mediation practice have been adopted by the Association of...

Collaborative law is a new way to resolve disputes by removing the disputed matter from the litigious court room setting...

As private mediation becomes an accepted method of resolving the issues presented in a divorce, increasing numbers of clients are...

Anger is a normal feeling to have during a divorce. In fact, if you didn’t feel angry there would probably...

Excerpted from Between Love And Hate: A Guide To Civilized Divorce By Lois Gold, M.S.W. (Penguin USA 1996) Order at...

Excerpted from Between Love And Hate: A Guide To Civilized Divorce By Lois Gold, M.S.W. (Penguin USA 1996) Order at...

Excerpted from Between Love And Hate: A Guide To Civilized Divorce By Lois Gold, M.S.W. (Penguin USA 1996) Order at...

Mediation is a process where you and your spouse will sit down with a neutral person who will help you,...

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When parents, for whatever reason, decide to live apart, the financial suffering of their children should be kept to a...

Finding and selecting a mediator can be easier if you follow some simple steps. In the best of circumstances, divorce...

The divorce may soon be final, but even before the dust has settled, parents will discover that one responsibility hasn't...

Order at Amazon.comThere are times when a custody fight appears inevitable. While you, of course, are willing to be reasonable,...

Unlike many of my friends, I attach no particular significance to the millennium other than its usefulness as a yardstick...

In her most recent book, The Argument Culture: Moving from Debate to Dialogue, Deborah Tannen asserts that our entire society...

If there has been domestic abuse or violence between you and the other party, you should understand how it can...

I. Who Chooses to Mediate? Those who voluntarily agree to mediate generally have higher socio-economic status (education level, occupation status,...

Permission to publish by Eugene Register Guard and Author September 26, 1998 We've lost a peacemaker. Not the headline-making, Nobel...