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Which Professions Have the Highest and Lowest Divorce Rates?

by Marvin Schuldiner | Oct 25, 2017 | Divorce Mediation and Law | 0 comments

My divorce mediation clients come from all different professions, from teachers to high-level corporate VPs.  Are there professions that have higher and lower divorce rates?  A study of U.S. Census data by statistician Nathan Yau seems to indicate that there is. Here...

Before Considering Divorce, Try These…

by Marvin Schuldiner | Oct 21, 2016 | Divorce Mediation and Law | 0 comments

Lifehacker recently had a great article — a post-mortem of one of their staff writer’s failed marriage and subsequent divorce. Thorin Klosowski looked over his marriage and tried to see what went wrong.  There was no infidelity, no abuse and they got along...

Senior/Gray Divorce is on the Rise

by Marvin Schuldiner | Oct 14, 2016 | Divorce Mediation and Law | 0 comments

An op-ed recently appeared in the Los Angeles Times entitled Gray divorce: Why your grandparents are finally calling it quits.  While divorce rates, in general, are trending downward, the rate among those over 65 years of age is skyrocketing.  Fifty years ago, only...

The Inequities of Divorce

by Marvin Schuldiner | Jun 3, 2016 | Divorce Mediation and Law | 0 comments

The Atlantic recently published an article on “The Divorce Gap” highlighting the inequities that a court-based divorce process can often result in.  When one household is converted into two, there is often not enough money to support both.  Mothers...

Do Problems Resolve or Just Outgrown?

by Marvin Schuldiner | Mar 1, 2016 | Divorce Mediation and Law | 0 comments

Here is today’s Daily Zen tweet: Most of the great problems of life are never resolved. They’re just outgrown. — Carl Jung I started to ponder this in terms of my divorce mediation clients.  Is this true?  Do my clients just outgrow their problems or are they...

Fired For Divorcing? Can you Lose Your Job?

by Marvin Schuldiner | Dec 7, 2015 | Divorce Mediation and Law, Lawsuits | 0 comments

[Updated at the end for the Supreme Court decision] An interesting case was heard by the New Jersey Supreme Court last week on whether an impending divorce can be a cause for employment termination.  Plaintiff Robert Smith worked for the Millville Rescue Squad (MRS)...

Balancing the Right to Make a Divorce Agreement Under Domestic Violence

by Marvin Schuldiner | Apr 8, 2015 | Divorce Mediation and Law | 0 comments

Public policy in New Jersey has long favored the ability of parties to resolve their disputes (including elements of a divorce and parenting) on their own, so long as the agreements are fair and equitable.  But what happens when domestic violence is part of the...

Divorce and Child College Costs

by Marvin Schuldiner | Dec 9, 2014 | Divorce Mediation and Law, Lawsuits | 0 comments

New Jersey children suing their parents for college costs have been in the news frequently in recent months.  Many parents are unaware of the law in New Jersey which derives from a 1982 NJ Supreme Court case called Newburgh v. Arrigo, 88 N.J. 529 (1982).  The case...

Name Change in a Divorce in NJ

by Marvin Schuldiner | Jul 21, 2014 | Divorce Mediation and Law | 0 comments

New Jersey law allows either spouse in the divorce process to change their name.  N.J.S.A. 2A:34-21 reads in pertinent part: The court, upon or after granting a divorce from the bonds of matrimony to either spouse … may allow either spouse … to resume any name used by...

Power-of-Attorney Restricted in Divorce Cases

by Marvin Schuldiner | Jul 16, 2014 | Divorce Mediation and Law | 0 comments

A Superior Court Judge in Ocean County ruled that unless a person has been declared incompetent and needs the assistance of a guardian, that person must appear in court for a divorce in person.  In a case of first impression, Judge Lawrence Jones made his...
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