My family teases me that I am like a bird because  I wake up when the sun rises and go to bed when the sun sets.  I never subscribed to that old saying, “The early bird gets the worm” when I was young.  I thrived on night classes and having breakfast at noon in college. […]

This past summer the Jersey Shore was hit with an unusually large number of extremely loud thunderstorms. One night, the thunder clap that woke me up was so loud that it set off a car’s alarm in the parking lot.  Did the ground shake, or did I imagine that? Hearing the words, “I want a divorce” […]

Tonight the Jersey Shore Collaborative Law Group will be having its semi-annual Invite a Professional Night meeting at Navoo Grill in Fair Haven, New Jersey. We are expecting 35 members and 10 guests.This large group which will bring with it lots of energy, knowledge and enthusiam to the collaborative practice at the Jersey Shore. New attorneys, mental […]

There is no question that divorce frequently rocks the foundation of a family to its core. From that place though, in time, healing and growth emerge. Over the years, I have witnessed many earthquakes in my clients’ lives brought on by affairs, financial dishonesty, substance abuse and other marital calamities. I have reached out to […]

This is article on the topic of spouses  hiding assets during a divorce, from Janet Baker of the Collaborative Law Group of Southern Arizona.

While some people really will never change, I think most of us do as we become more worldly. (My personal euphemism for getting older!) There comes a point in our lives when our ideas, circumstances and goals undergo a fundamental revamping- both physically and emotionally. A popular term to express this transformation is “having a […]

Interviewing a Divorce Lawyer is a Two Way Street -Highlights of an Initial Consultation: When contemplating the merits and pitfalls of getting a divorce, most clients contact an attorney to get information about divorces in general and, hopefully, some personal guidance on how, if and when to proceed. I’ll bet though that most people don’t […]

As some of you may know, I am a prolific and creative baker. I just love to make from scratch all kinds of pies, cakes, exotic icings, yeast breads, fruit strudels, obscenely delicious brownies, cupcakes galore and more varieties of cookies than Rachel Ray has recipes for chicken. The secret of baking is to follow […]

A decrease in available income is not a guarantee that the support obligation will be decreased. In order to justify a downward modification of child support, the decrease in income must be permanent in nature. The support payor must be able to prove that after numerous attempts, that he could not find a decent paying […]

As some of you know, about two years ago, I was driving west by Intermediate School around dusk on West Park Avenue in my little convertible when I saw a large deer cross the road just at the edge of my headlights.   Having grown up in upstate New York, I remembered the old adage, […]