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What Does Child Support Cover? Child support is a legal obligation to ensure that both parents contribute financially to their children’s needs. Child support is paid by one parent to the other parent to cover primarily the children’s food, clothing, and shelter. The parent who has the children residing with them most of the time…

Divorce can be a challenging time for parents and children alike, but parental mediation offers a peaceful, cost-effective solution that benefits everyone involved. Here’s why mediation between parents is the best choice for your children. 1. Less Stress for Everyone Divorce mediation is known for its calming, private environment—far removed from the confrontational atmosphere of…

When parents go through a separation or divorce, one of the biggest challenges is learning how to manage parenting after divorce. Different parenting styles, emotional stress, and lifestyle changes can create tension—not just between parents, but also for children adjusting to a new reality. At the New York Divorce Mediation Group, our Long Island divorce…

Many couples contemplating divorce are under the false impression that they must get along and be “amicable” to mediate their divorce or separation. This is a common misconception. The truth is that the vast majority of mediation clients will, at some point during the mediation, express anger, hurt or resentment towards their spouse.  This is…

With the best interests of your children in mind, at New York Divorce Mediation Group we often bring the opportunity and benefits of Co-parenting into the divorce mediation conversation. When any family breaks apart there will be changes in every family member’s daily life. Adults are better emotionally equipped to deal with the day-to-day changes this…

In our Divorce Mediation practice, we often come upon situations where one spouse will need to provide financial support to the other spouse for a period of time and, far less often, permanently. This type of spousal support is called “Maintenance.” Spousal support is meant to help the non-working spouse or the lower income spouse…

There will be many decisions affecting the family that will be negotiated amicably during divorce mediation. For spouses with children in divorce mediation one area that is important to address is how to deal with future college tuition costs. Regardless of the age of your children at the time of separating or divorcing, the hope…

When married couples have decided to separate or divorce, we are often asked about the financial benefits of divorce mediation over a traditional divorce. One of the most frequent topics of discussion – on both the husband’s AND the wife’s side – is the cost differences between the two options. After all the family financial…

When you and your spouse are separating, or about to divorce, how you communicate and what you actually say about this situation to your children will have a direct impact on how they perceive their future family relationships. As parents you want to protect your children and build their sense of security while not disrupting…