Divorce in the News

Child’s Psychologist-Patient Privilege: Can a Parent Waive It In a Custody Case? Hawaii decision

In PO v. JS, the Hawaii Court of Appeals ruled that neither parent can waive or invoke a child’s patient-therapist privilege if the parents themselves are

August 19, 2016 No Comments

Sesame Street Divorce Resource, and Collaboration with AFCC

Sesame Street is rolling out its divorce education for children, twenty years after it first considered the subject. In its “Little Children, Big Challenges:

December 12, 2012 No Comments

Our Family Wizard

I can’t say enough good things about Our Family Wizard and its effects on parent communications. The New York Times recognizes its value too, in its

December 1, 2012 No Comments

Divorce Shower? Why Not.

I’ve always been of the opinion that a divorce party is fine if someone wants to do that. It’s a huge life event and

September 16, 2012 No Comments

Till Death or 20 Years Do Us Part (NY Times)

Lots of food for thought in the Till_Death_or_20_Years_Do_Us_Part article about marriage in today’s New York Times. While not a lot of people (in the United States

September 2, 2012 No Comments

Religious Gets Still in the News After All These Years.

Arizona courts had to deal with the issue of a religious get in 1993 in Victor v. Victor. The Arizona Court of Appeals found, not surprisingly,

March 17, 2012 No Comments

Same-Sex Marriages–but What To Do With the Divorces?

We’re still in the early days of figuring out how Arizona courts will handle divorces for same-sex marriages entered into in one of the six

July 4, 2011 No Comments

Parental Alienation Debate Continues

The debate about parental alienation or Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) goes on. Slate magazine has a recent article on the controversy over whether PAS or

May 18, 2011 No Comments

Madoff Account That Didn’t Really Exist Warrants Re-Opening of a Final Divorce Settlement

The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, ruled that a divorce settlement agreement should be re-opened in light of the non-existence of an asset awarded

April 2, 2011 No Comments

Divorce Wars, CNBC show, on March 29

CNBC’s special, “Divorce Wars” will air on March 29 at several different times. It’s touted as covering mega-divorces involving lots of assets, and refers to

March 22, 2011 No Comments

Child’s Psychologist-Patient Privilege: Can a Parent Waive It In a Custody Case? Hawaii decision

In PO v. JS, the Hawaii Court of Appeals ruled that neither parent can waive or invoke a child’s patient-therapist privilege if the parents themselves are involved in litigation over the child. The Father was attempting to assert the child’s...

Sesame Street Divorce Resource, and Collaboration with AFCC

Sesame Street is rolling out its divorce education for children, twenty years after it first considered the subject. In its “Little Children, Big Challenges: Divorce” program, Abby Cadabby, a current Sesame Street character, lets her friends know that she...

Our Family Wizard

I can’t say enough good things about Our Family Wizard and its effects on parent communications. The New York Times recognizes its value too, in its recent Kramer.com v. Kramer.com article. The concept of joint custody at a distance —- with communications...

Divorce Shower? Why Not.

I’ve always been of the opinion that a divorce party is fine if someone wants to do that. It’s a huge life event and if someone feels like celebrating or commemorating it with a social event, why not. ...

Till Death or 20 Years Do Us Part (NY Times)

Lots of food for thought in the Till_Death_or_20_Years_Do_Us_Part article about marriage in today’s New York Times. While not a lot of people (in the United States at least) are advocating renewable marriage contracts, there are some interesting thoughts about marriage in...

Religious Gets Still in the News After All These Years.

Arizona courts had to deal with the issue of a religious get in 1993 in Victor v. Victor. The Arizona Court of Appeals found, not surprisingly, that the dissolution court did not have authority to order a husband to grant a...

Same-Sex Marriages–but What To Do With the Divorces?

We’re still in the early days of figuring out how Arizona courts will handle divorces for same-sex marriages entered into in one of the six jurisdictions that allow them. This is sure to become a bigger and bigger issue as...

Parental Alienation Debate Continues

The debate about parental alienation or Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) goes on. Slate magazine has a recent article on the controversy over whether PAS or parental alienation should be a DSM diagnosis when DSM-V is published in 2013. The article...

Madoff Account That Didn’t Really Exist Warrants Re-Opening of a Final Divorce Settlement

The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, ruled that a divorce settlement agreement should be re-opened in light of the non-existence of an asset awarded to Husband—the parties’ Madoff account, an investment account of approximately $5.4 million in value which...

Divorce Wars, CNBC show, on March 29

CNBC’s special, “Divorce Wars” will air on March 29 at several different times. It’s touted as covering mega-divorces involving lots of assets, and refers to the Musk divorce (he’s the co-creator of Paypal) as “America’s messiest divorce”. Read more at...

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