From The Art of Divorce, representing both parties leads to attorney discipline. Just as I was about to say “duh?”, along came an AAML listserve discussion on setting aside an agreement drafted by a mutually retained lawyer. Just say no!Read More

I was inspired reading Barbara Glesner Fine’s post on the Law Prof Blog, where she reports on a law professors’ conference. “Professor Aiken made the important point that we can teach our students how to feel empowered to be agents for justice. We must guide our students to examine the underlying values and assumptions in...Read More

From Mark Sullivan, our North Carolina colleague and author of the 2006 ABA Military Divorce Handbook: “Join Operation Stand By -YOU Can Make a Difference”Read More

The discussion of same sex marriage to date has focused on religious based preservation of the family, claims of gay bashing, threats to families, and accusations that a few judges and opportunistic mayors have decided they were above the law. The issue of same sex marriage is far more complex and before more polls are...Read More

The Mediator Blah…Blah… blog has a good posting called “When The Going Gets Tough…Do’s and Don’t for Mediators“. The blog itself has a nice flair. The preceding post , Tech News, was good, too. It shows a white board with the nuts and bolts of an agreement scribbled on it.Read More

In an article in The Weekly Standard yesterday, Edward Whelan heaves insults at the divorce bar by pronouncing, “Tucker’s narrow specialty, divorce law, is far removed, in both substance and sophistication, from the work of the federal appellate courts–especially from the complex cases of administrative law that are the staple of the D.C. Circuit.” Excuse...Read More

United Press International reports Gallop Poll results showing an increasing number of people who view marriage less important than in prior polls, even in families with children. The Guardian UK News reports a new proposal in the UK that would apply divorce type law to unmarried couples. If marriage declines, are divorce type laws the...Read More

The KentuckyLawBlog reports today that the state will hold hearings on children hastily removed from biological parents to facilitate “quick trigger” adoptions. The post links to a Lexington Herald-Leader story. The hearings in the legislature will begin June 21, 2006 at 1 p.m.Read More

The Online Guide to Mediation has a good post on the useful tool of reframing issues.”The art of reframing is to maintain the conflict in all its richness but to help people look at it in a more open-minded and hopeful way.”Read More

The Art of Divorce covers parents rotating living in the marital residence where the children remain, linking to an ABC Good Morning America story. There was a time when this was suggested fairly frequently, but we haven’t seen it done lately.Read More