Divorce Law Journal

UPDATE: TRENTON, New Jersey (CNN) “The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state’s constitution gives gay and lesbian couples all the rights of married heterosexual couples. But the court left it to the state legislature to...

Advantages of divorce law arbitration include: Ability of participants to decide who will be their judge. Parties can select an arbitrator with particular expertise, such as business valuation, retirement plans, tax, nonmarital tracing issues, mental health, etc. More...

Oh, dear; this cannot be good public policy. Divorce courts should be requiring no-holds-barred open disclosure. This decision will create or perpetuate a culture of trickery in litigation. It is beyond comprehension that the sale of business for...

The California case of Simmons v. Ghaderi is upsetting all we thought we knew about mediation. A few quotes from the case: “In Dr. Ghaderi’s trial brief she argued that the mediation confidentiality rules codified in Evidence Code...

HOW DIVORCE ARBITRATION WORKS is the first in a series of family law arbitration posts.