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Dividing Assets and Liabilities When Using Mediation for Divorce

Over the past few posts in the Equitable Mediation Services blog, we’ve discussed how using mediation for divorce can help couples in New Jersey peacefully divorce. From the calculation of NJ child support, the creation of a comprehensive parenting plan and even working to agreement on an appropriate amount and duration [...]

Calculating Child Support Using Mediation for Divorce

As a Divorce Mediator in NJ, it is my job to help client couples come to fair and equitable agreements surrounding the four main areas of divorce: parenting plans, equitable distribution, child support and spousal support (also known as alimony). And while parenting plans can be decided by the parents and the equitable [...]

Mediation for Divorce and Alimony

As a NJ divorce mediator I am always surprised when I meet a couple for the first time and learn just how much they don’t know about using mediation for divorce. I would have thought by now with the Equitable Mediation Services website, this blog and the attention divorce mediation has gotten in recent years [...]

Can I Use Mediation for Divorce in NJ Instead of a Lawyer?

It’s true that couples who use mediation for divorce in New Jersey receive many benefits but how many out there even know mediation is an option? As a NJ divorce mediator my guess is – not nearly enough. With this being the third year of the Equitable Mediation Services blog, by now I would have [...]

Choosing Your Own Divorce Mediator in New Jersey

“What if I want to mediate but my spouse does not?” is a common question we get here at Equitable Mediation Services from people just like you inquiring about divorce mediation in NJ. For not always is it a couple seeking a NJ divorce mediator but sometimes one individual who is trying to convince [...]

NJ Divorce Mediation Child Support Alimony and Living Together

In our previous two posts we discussed how couples who use NJ divorce mediation can draft agreements regarding parenting plans and the equitable distribution of marital assets and liabilities in advance of their pending divorce and file when they are ready. Given the economic times we are living in, it may be in a couple’s [...]

NJ Divorce Mediation Equitable Distrubition and Living Together

In the last article on the Equitable Mediation Services blog, we focused on how couples can use divorce mediation in NJ to put together an agreement that allows them to manage their parenting plans while they proceed with their divorce at their own pace as given financial pressures, they may wish to delay things for [...]

Divorce Mediation Living Together and Parenting Plans

Given today’s tough economic times, many of the clients we see here at Equitable Mediation Services are under severe financial duress and not in the best position to get a divorce at this time. However the emotional issues they face and the stress of “living in limbo” seems to outweigh the financial impact so they [...]

Lessons on Divorce Mediation from a Town Moderator

For regular readers of the Equitable Mediation Services blog you know by now that I am an Professional Accredited Divorce Mediator in NJ and that part of my responsibilities are to continually educate myself in changes in the law as well as learn new divorce mediation techniques in order to help couples come to better, [...]

NJ Divorce Mediation Can Help You Make An Informed Decision

When the time comes for a couple to seek a NJ divorce mediation service such as Equitable Mediation Services, chances are they’ve fallen into a pattern of dysfunctional interpersonal relations and that communicating over even the simplest things becomes a difficult and contentious process. But like the old saying goes “information is power” and so [...]