What concerned me when I read the news stories about the New Jersey same-sex marriage case was that it was a 4-3 decision. I was worried that the court was so split on the rights due gay partners, that any change in balance of the composition of government would easily upend the decision. I am...Read More

I was tickled to read Online Guide To Mediation will be hosting Blawg Review on February 5, 2007. Our Blawg Review hosting has been postponed to March 26, 2007. I’ll tell you the reason a little later; it’s pretty funny. In any event it will be great fun and it’s great to have a deadline...Read More

In response to an October 22, 2006 Los Angeles Times article, Is Justice Served, Victoria Pynchon is posting a series of arbitration articles. The first is Does Arbitration Disserve Justice? It is followed by Arbitration v. Litigation.Read More

The summer 2006 Family Law Quarterly, Vol. 40, No. 2, released last week, Symposium of Fathers and Family Law, is a must have volume for family law practitioners. $20 plus $3.95 postage will buy you a copy from ABA Service Center, 321 N. Clark St., Chicago, Il 60610.Read More

From Kentucky Law Blog, Judicial Politics: Could Elsewhere be here? And the time for considering judicial appointments is now! “I have heard change seldom occurs without a crisis and seldom without discomfort, but do we need devastation of our judicial landscape before we take the newly added ingredients of political pandering for money and partisanship...Read More

HOW TO FIND A DIVORCE ARBITRATOR? Easy. Click here for AAML certified arbitrators across the United States. Once you have a name, you can then check out a possible arbitrator’s bio and website by going here.Read More

Now I read there is an infidelity expert. What will they think of next? Spying on Your Cheating Spouse Could Be Against the Law is the title of an article by Ruth Huston which advises people they can find out if a spouse is cheating by reading her book.Read More

It seems like a long time since we’ve had a long weekend or a weekend laugh. If you agree it’s time for something on the light side, check out Sexual Consent Lawyers at Glubert.com. This is a video clip, so here’s the link if that works better in your browser: http://glumbert.com/media/consent Thanks to Ed Hamada...Read More

As to outcome, an arbitrator makes the decision and is responsible for the quality of the decision. By contrast, a mediator facilitates parties reaching their own decision and is neutral regarding the outcome. In mediation, parties are responsible for the quality of the decision.Read More

The Family Law Prof Blog digests Leopold v. Leopold, 2006 Ala. Civ. App. LEXIS 631 (October 20, 2006). “The Alabama Court of Appeals reversed a trial court’s order in a child support modification case in which the trial court had set a repayment schedule for child support arrearages and had then ordered that mother could...Read More