Postnuptial Agreements bad for public policy? The Connecticut Supreme Court...
Throughout the country, states are grappling with the question of whether postnuptial agreements are valid and enforceable contracts. Until recently, state courts were not willing to uphold postnuptial...
View ArticleShould marriage contracts be renewable?
There have been a number of news reports recently discussing whether marriage contracts should have renewable terms. See, for instance, Matt Richel’s New York Times article. “Till Death, or 20 Years,...
View ArticleChoosing a Mediator or an Attorney
My Mediator is Not an Attorney? Is That a Problem/Martin Rosenfeld I once participated in a study which involved mediators who were attorneys and mediators who were non-attorneys. The study concluded...
View ArticleHow to have a happy marriage
Published with permission. Adapted from the article Happy Wife, Happy Life. Did you ever hear the expression “Happy Wife, Happy Life”? This overused adage seems to help some people (generally husbands)...
View ArticleThe Great Banana Wars: Marital Conflict, Communication, and Dispute Resolution
Published with permission. Adapted from article The Great Banana Wars. Marital disputes are an inevitable fact of life. It is the way that couples deal with these disputes that makes the difference...
View ArticleWhat’s the “Parental Divorce Reduction Act”?
We just heard about this proposed act. It was formulated by a team of experts. The Parental Divorce Reduction Act requires parents with minor children to attend marriage education classes, and to...
View ArticleMarital mediator in “Room for Debate” in New York Times
Laurie Israel, one of the active practitioners of marital mediation (and co-founder of this website) was one of the six debaters asked to participate in the New York Times “Room for Debate” column,...
View ArticleSeven Principles for Keeping Marriage Strong
This poster was in Yes Magazine, and is from John and Julie Gottman, of the Gottman institute. Yes Magazine is an online publication with a section on “happiness”. The post Seven Principles for...
View ArticleA Look at Betrayals
Anna Fels, is New York psychiatrist and faculty member at Weill Cornell Medical School, writes about how betrayals affect the betrayed and the betrayed. In her practice, she addresses many types of...
View ArticleSusan Boardman’s Article on Marital Mediation published in Conflict...
Susan K. Boardman, a family mediator based in Connecticut, has been working in the marital mediation field for many years, as a practitioner, teacher, and writer. Her seminal article on marital...
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