by Dan | Dec 3, 2023 | Blog
As parents, we can’t always be aware of our children’s emotional experiences and how our actions affect them. As a trained mediator, family law attorney for almost 25 years, and child of bitter divorce myself, I know all too well how children can be affected – even if...
by Dan | Jun 5, 2023 | Blog
As a divorcing parent, you may be experiencing loss and grief that can come with ending your marriage. Likewise, the physical dismantling of the family unit can be truly traumatic for kids. They are losing the only life they’ve ever known – a life with a...
by Dan | Jun 10, 2022 | Blog
I am changing what I said previously in this post and in others. When I said that it is the conflict that exists in the home, not the actual divorce itself, that is most emotionally destructive to children. Since then, I’ve immersed myself in studying this subject. ...
by Dan | Mar 12, 2022 | Blog
Parenting roles have come a long way. And for separated and divorced parents, New Jersey law has come to reflect these changing roles. Back when my parents were divorced in the late 1970s, it was typically the mom’s role as a homemaker to care for the kids and the...
by Dan | Feb 4, 2022 | Blog
More often than not, divorcing parents make their own decisions as to custody and parenting time for their children. New Jersey family courts have the authority to make orders concerning the care, custody, education, and maintenance of children when parents are...