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Are Americans Losing Access to Courts?

by Marvin Schuldiner | Aug 1, 2008 | Divorce Mediation and Law | 0 comments

Jeff Bleich, president of the California State Bar, writes in the California Bar Journal about how the legal system is beginning to fail the middle class due to the high costs of the legal system.  He makes an analogy to the medical profession and doctors and how the...

Divorcing couples can save with mediation

by Marvin Schuldiner | Jun 26, 2008 | Divorce Mediation and Law | 0 comments

Cynthia Fox, in the South Side Journal writes an excellent article about the benefits of mediation (excerpted): One of the hardest things about divorce is its cost, not just emotionally and psychologically, but in cold hard cash. A typical scenario is a husband, wife...

Divorcing the Dictator's Daughter

by Marvin Schuldiner | Jun 26, 2008 | Arbitration, Divorce Mediation and Law, Lawsuits, Off Beat | 0 comments

You’re an American citizen of Afghan-Uzbek extract who operated the Uzbekistan bottler for the Coca-Cola Company through your family’s company.  Uzbekistan is considered one of the most oppressive nations on earth.  You meet the daughter of the...

New Palimony Standard in NJ

by Marvin Schuldiner | Jun 18, 2008 | Divorce Mediation and Law | 0 comments

Yesterday, the NJ Supreme Court published their ruling in Devaney v. L’Esperance, A-20-07.  In this case, Helen Devaney began a relationship in 1983 with Dr. Francis L’Esperance (a pioneer in laser eye surgery) which lasted on and off for 20 years. ...

Wall Street Journal Article on Divorce

by Marvin Schuldiner | Jun 16, 2008 | Divorce Mediation and Law | 0 comments

The Wall Street Journal recently had an article discussing divorce.  While most of the focus of the article is on collaborative divorce and the impact of divorce on children, mediation does get a couple of positive mentions. On children: Constance Ahrons’s...

Why do Americans Love to Litigate?

by Marvin Schuldiner | Jun 16, 2008 | Divorce Mediation and Law | 0 comments

New Hampshire attorney and mediator Scott Flegal writes an article in the Nashua Telegraph looking at this phenomenon.  I’ve copied the most salient points below (with my emphasis added): Why do Americans love to litigate? This is a tough question. I mean, most...
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