Divorce Mediation

There are many different professionals who assist Connecticut couples that are navigating divorce. Often, each spouse hires their own attorney to represent them in family court and negotiations. They may also rely on the assistance of a judge when they cannot settle...

Couples in Connecticut often assume that divorce will inevitably involve a protracted, frustrating conflict. That is true in many cases. Spouses can't find a way to cooperate and end up litigating in family court over property division, alimony and custody matters....

When people talk about divorce mediation, it is often in the context of a lower-conflict divorce. It is easy for people to understand how couples who disagree only about a few minor details could work out their divorce with the help of a neutral professional to settle...

Divorce may traditionally have been viewed as an adversarial process, but this perception has changed in recent years. Divorcing couples are beginning to understand the benefits of mediation.  Essentially, mediation allows couples to separate in a less formal...

Traditionally, divorce has always been viewed as an adversarial process. There was a time when couples would battle it out in court and attempt to walk away as the winner. In reality, there are no winners in a divorce that is full of conflict, particularly if children...

Most divorcing couples often find it difficult to resolve their differences without some form of intervention. This often happens when each spouse has strong preferences on various issues incompatible with the other spouse’s preferences. While some couples head to...

The decision to end a marriage can be a difficult and stressful one for everyone involved. If you have made up your mind to go your separate ways, one of the major causes of anxiety may be that you are signing up for a long, expensive and protracted legal battle....

Many couples hold off from divorcing because they believe it will harm their children. Yet if divorce reduces the instances in which your kids have to see you arguing or fighting, then not divorcing will likely harm them more. Living with parental conflict can be...

Collaborating with your spouse is a good way to end your marriage more positively and sooner than if you both could not get along. Collaboration is an amazing thing, because it allows you and your spouse to come to agreements about how you divide your assets, the kind...