If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a million times: “why don’t judges enforce their own orders or take hard lines against obstructers?” Many times, litigants feel powerless. Powerless
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Beware the Divorce Litigant Who is Watering the Money Tree With The Tears From Cries of Poverty
Often, cases are given nicknames, sometimes by judges and law clerks, and sometimes by the attorneys. Sometimes the nicknames come from who the people are – for instance, a case
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The Matrimonial Millstone: An Exit Strategy from a Detached Defendant
In the early 20th century, Dr. Duncan MacDougall attempted to quantify the mass lost when the soul departed the body upon death. This study has perpetuated the weight idiosyncratically known
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STOP, COLLABORATE AND LISTEN – SETTLEMENT IN MEDIATION
The golden words in this blog title once spoken by Robert Van Winkle (more famously known by another name) could and should be well heeded by family lawyers and litigants
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DIVORCE RESOURCE: NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE VALUE OF EXPERTS
Last week, I blogged about the Information Asymmetry and how important it is for you to educate yourself going in to the divorce process so that you can meaningfully assist
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THE INFORMATION ASYMMETRY AND THE DIVORCE PROCESS: AN UNLIKELY PAIR
What do divorce and economics have in common? Well, a lot. But today I am focusing on the unlikely link between the theory of information asymmetry – which deals with
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ASSET IDENTIFIER: THERE'S A (NEW JERSEY DIVORCE) APP FOR THAT
Today, I am highlighting another feature of our New Jersey Divorce App, the Asset Identifier. While the “Finance Tracker” gives you the ability to input your more commonly identifiable assets
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TERMINATING ALIMONY FOR TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT – EASY, RIGHT? WRONG.
Recently I lost a dear client and friend, Bill*, after his long battle with brain cancer. Bill was a man with a kind-hearted spirit and a gentle disposition – one
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Tracking Finances: There’s a (New Jersey Divorce) App For That.
Oftentimes I hear from clients that gathering their financial information is the most daunting task they will face during the divorce process. They picture being buried in an avalanche of
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