Category: Family

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

I. CITIZEN-TO-CITIZEN DISPUTES Alternative dispute resolution is traditionally defined as resolving disputes peacefully by means other than going to court....

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

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

Nearly ten years ago when Marlene first met Liz, their future as a couple seemed so bright. They shared a...

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...

High profile episodes of school violence such as those in Littleton, Colorado, Paducah, Kentucky and Springfield, Oregon, have increased the...

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,...

This article appeared in "Trusts & Estates" November 2000.Beneficiaries' complaints run the gamut: "The trustee takes days to return my...

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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...

For weeks, we have all watched as high profile negotiations conducted by governmental and unofficial intermediaries failed to bring a...

"I arrange Settlement Meetings for clients. My success rate of settling the case at or shortly after the Settlement Meeting...

Reprinted by permission from Solo - A Guide for the Single Parent July,1996.Pouting and crying, tantrums and yelling, stealing and...

Introduction Use of an independent mediator during the planning process can help estate planners improve client satisfaction, reduce the probability...

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...

These are the standards of practice that were promulgated by two national/international associations of family and divorce mediators, the Academy...

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