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Turning Back the Clocks and Divorce
Subtitle: “Why Do We Hate Light?” I woke this morning to an iPhone that read “4:30 am,” and was mildly annoyed until I realized it was “really” 5:30 am and I had just gained a quiet hour of pleasure...
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Post-Election Stress and Adoption
Yesterday morning, following President-Elect Trump’s win, I met with a young married couple about a step-parent adoption. They were two women, and the meeting opened with tears. It was heartbreaking....
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[Webinar] “CT Same-Sex Couples & Stepparent Adoption: Your Name on the Birth...
On Thursday, November 17th at 5:30 PM, Freed Marcroft Attorneys Meghan Freed and Carla Zahner will host a complimentary webinar on stepparent adoption in Connecticut. The recent presidential election...
View ArticleDissolution Without Borders: What You Need to Know About International Divorce
Getting divorced is challenging enough, but if you and your spouse live in different countries, it’s hard to know where to begin and what to do afterwards. Where do you file to commence proceedings?...
View ArticleWhat Every Couple Should Know About Collaborative Divorce
Divorce is always an emotionally challenging experience, but the collaborative approach takes away that stereotypical adversarial aspect. Instead, collaborative fosters a cooperative environment where...
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“Provincial” Connecticut Meets French Provinces: International Divorce Strategy
Connecticut gets (gives itself?) a bad rap for being provincial. Our clients indicate it is anything but. In just the last couple of weeks, Freed Marcroft has arranged for service of process on...
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Christmas, Divorce, Mediation, and Gratitude: Lessons From A Former Client
As is often the case, Joan and Rob weren’t on exactly the same page when they came to us. (By the way, names have been changed to protect the privacy of the wonderful.) One spouse had considered...
View ArticleHow to Develop a Great Parenting Plan
When parents split, the dynamics of the entire family change. Two households are created, living arrangements are no longer the same, and the children no longer have both their parents with them at the...
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Freed Marcroft Adds Collaborative Divorce Leader Attorney Lisa Cappalli,...
Freed Marcroft is pleased to announce the firm’s physical expansion into New Haven County. We are even more pleased to announce that Attorney Lisa J. Cappalli is joining us as Of Counsel on February 1,...
View ArticleThinking About Divorce? Take These 4 Steps to Prepare Yourself
If you are considering divorce, there are a lot of important decisions that you have to make. One of the most important is getting yourself properly prepared before the petition is filed, you tell the...
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Divorce Tips From Caesar in Honor of the Shortest Day of the Year
We made it. Today may be the winter solstice, but tomorrow we turn the corner and begin the annual progressive march into light. We humans are so attached to light that we operate on a solar calendar....
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What Carrie Fisher and Paul Simon Teach Us About Divorce
Ron Galella/WireImage Over here at Freed Marcroft we have been struggling with the untimely passing of Carrie Fisher. Fisher held a special place in the hearts of so many girls of the 1980s — and...
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What To Do When Divorce Is Your (Or Your Spouse’s) New Year’s Resolution
“Sam” found out about his wife’s decision to divorce on New Year’s Eve. “She said she wanted to talk, and I assumed we were going to resolve together to lose our post-Thanksgiving weight. Instead, it...
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Freed Marcroft Raises Over $7,000 for ACLU in 1 Day on Heels Of Trump...
On Sunday, January 29, 2016, Freed Marcroft issued a statement and a matching challenge with respect to President Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration and Refugees. “One of the practice areas of...
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Groundhog Day and Divorce: Do’s and Don’ts
Groundhog Day is a bigger deal in my family than it is most — that is to say if it any kind of deal at all in most. My Dad was born on February 2, so checking in on Punxsutawney Phil and winter...
View ArticleCollaboration or Mediation?
Divorce is a major life change for you and your children, but it doesn’t have to be conflict-laden or emotionally devastating. Although most people think that divorce is characterized by a nasty and...
View ArticleHere’s an Idea: How About a Prenup for Ideas?
Prenuptial agreements are not unique to this generation. For decades, engaged couples have used them to protect each person’s respective assets in the event of divorce, especially if one or both...
View Article3 Myths and Misconceptions About Signing a Prenuptial Agreement
When you’re planning to get married, the last thing you want to do is prepare an action plan in the event that the relationship ends in divorce. It’s not exactly romantic, and it suggests that your...
View ArticleWhat Divorced Parents Need to Know About the UCCJEA
Every year, parental separation and divorce affects over one million children in the U.S.. Because today’s society is a lot more mobile than preceding generations, it is not unusual for the parents of...
View ArticleWho Gets the House? How Connecticut Handles Property Division
When you and your spouse make the decision to divorce, two major and often contentious issues arise. One, if there are children, is child custody. The other is how marital property will be divided. In...
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