Preparing for Divorce

October 19, 2017

Splitting up or Divorcing? Top Ten Strategies to Maintain Your Sanity

Many divorce clients who meet with us for the first time are stressed out and imagining multiple horrible possible things that might happen. Most of those things won’t happen, but when anxiety takes over, it is hard to think straight. We ...

August 1, 2017

Getting Divorced? Put YOUR Oxygen Mask On: Five strategies for surviving a break up

One of the biggest challenges people experience when beginning the separation and divorce process is maintaining their sense of sanity. Most people experience a wide range of emotions, and get caught up in the details of their own personal life. ...

July 19, 2017

Proper Courtroom Behavior and Attire

DON’T CANCEL OUT YOUR INVESTMENT IN LEGAL FEES BY DRESSING OR ACTING INAPPROPRIATELY A British website, judiciary.gov.uk, says “When you see a judge or magistrate sitting in court, you are actually looking at the result of 1,000 years of legal evolution.” ...

June 19, 2017

Recordings of Children – Can they be used in court?

IS RECORDING KIDS ILLEGAL EAVESDROPPING? Lately my work in custody cases has got me focused on the use of recordings of minor children as evidence in court. It’s so easy to record anything these days; just whip out your smartphone. ...

May 25, 2017

Pendente Lite Motions

“LITE” DOESN’T MEAN LOW-CALORIE Pendente lite. It’s pronounced “pen-den-tay lee-tay” and it’s Latin for “pending the ligation.” The phrase refers to motions made before a court for judicial relief (outcomes) needed by a party during the pendency of a lawsuit, without waiting ...

May 3, 2017

Collaborative Divorce–A Process Option Whose Time Has Come

WHY COUPLES CHOOSE COLLABORATIVE LAW OVER COURT Kim Ciesinski recently wrote an excellent article in the New York Law Journal explaining the advantages of collaborative law over litigation in divorce cases. She identifies upsides including client-driven negotiation, privacy, emotional guidance and financial ...

May 2, 2017

Thinking About Divorce–What to Consider First

PERSONAL, FINANCIAL, AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS You’re thinking about divorce. It’s a complicated process, whether you look at it emotionally, financially or legally. You are likely feeling all different emotions, sometimes minute to minute it changes – anger, confusion, fear, hurt, ...

March 14, 2017

Process Differences between Collaborative Law, Litigation and Mediation – The Process Chosen Can Make All the Difference

During a consultation with one of the attorneys in our office, we customarily will review the different process options to divorce. (There are three ways and Lazar & Schwartz does all of them.) As experienced attorneys, we have learned how ...

February 28, 2017

Legal Consultations–Fee or Free?

WHY SOME LAWYERS CHARGE A CONSULTATION FEE AND SOME DON’T We are sometimes asked why we charge a consultation fee when some attorneys give free consults. Our reasons are rooted in the quality of a potential client’s decision-making following the ...

February 3, 2017

Family Offense Petitions

WHAT IS A FAMILY OFFENSE PETITION AND HOW DO I KNOW IF I NEED ONE? DO YOU FEEL UNSAFE? The breakup of a family, no matter how civil or calm, can be tense and stressful for all its members. People ...

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