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Tough Conversations and The Blind Side
A few weeks ago I did a Webinar with a special guest, Dr. Dori Gatter, from our Hartford offices. It was about the ‘tough conversations’ in life. Sometimes in life the talk you’re most afraid of is the...
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War Games and Winning the Holidays
The holidays are here. Sometimes they seem to sneak up on you, sometimes they don’t so much sneak as lunge. Like this year. We recently responded to a media request for some thoughts about divorce and...
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Happy 2019 . . . Now About Alimony
Meghan was on WTIC radio to talk about this: The new tax code that takes effect this year changes the way alimony is treated for tax purposes. As you can see from the flow chart (left) released by the...
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About the Super Bowl . . .
. . . pretty amazing, right? Two sure-fired Hall-of-Fame, 40-year-old quarterbacks throwing the ball all over the place in the football version of the Last Hurrah. Brady and Brees, back and forth and...
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Talking The NFL Draft, Defense, and a Boring Super Bowl
The NFL draft is tonight, something we’d normally be little concerned with but for this: it’s expected that this is going to be a big year for drafting defensive players early. Very early. And often....
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It’s Showtime, Folks! The Tonys, Marriage & Therapy
The Tony Awards are this Sunday night. While I’m sure James Cordon will do a great job hosting, I’ll be looking at it a bit differently this year. That’s because FX’s amazing Fosse/Verdon ended last...
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How We Came Up With Our NBC30 Divorce Myths . . .
Meghan and Kristen were on NBC30 last month – several times, in fact – to review the [many] myths around divorce. They chose five. What went into coming up with those five? How do you prepare for a...
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The Founding Families and Independence Day!
Happy Independence Day! As we celebrate the birth of the United States, we thought we’d take a moment to acknowledge a few of the Founding Families . . . because family law issues are hardly new....
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The Moon Shot, Bob & Ray, and Communication
We need to talk about communication. We’re lawyers. it’s what we do every waking moment. We need to effectively communicate with our clients, we need to communicate what we’ve learned to our staff, we...
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Summer Lessons From the NBA
This is a post about the NBA – that’s the National Basketball Association for the uninitiated – but it’s not about basketball. As we push into August, even casual sports fans know that the NBA won...
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Meghan took a SCUBA certification course last week. It started – thankfully – in a six foot deep pool and ended – a bit terrifyingly – in a much deeper, much more choppy, much more unforgiving ocean....
View ArticleReview Counsel in Connecticut Divorce Mediation
What Is Review Counsel in a Connecticut Divorce Mediation? Mediation keeps you in the driver’s seat and allows you to come up with a tailor-made solution that considers all members of the family – and,...
View ArticleThe Family Home in a Connecticut Divorce
It makes sense that one of the top concerns we hear from people considering or in the initial stages of divorce in Connecticut surround the family home. For example, people wonder “Who gets to live in...
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The Difference Between Annulment and Divorce in Connecticut
A question over at Avvo inspired us to take some time to focus on the difference between annulment and divorce in Connecticut. People are understandably confused about the difference between annulment...
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Key Differences Between Connecticut Legal Separation and Divorce
Like many issues facing you when you are considering a divorce, the differences between separation and divorce in Connecticut can be confusing. This is made even more complicated by the fact that not...
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How Alimony Works in Connecticut Divorces
Many people, including this gentleman, wonder about how alimony (also referred to as “spousal support”) works in Connecticut when they are in the initial stages of deciding to divorce or divorcing....
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What Happens When Connecticut Divorcing Parents Reach an Agreement on...
Many divorcing Connecticut parents ultimately reach an agreement about how they will co-parent — including how custody, visitation, and parenting in general will work. What happens next in Connecticut...
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What Legal Terms are Replacing “Child Custody” and “Visitation” in...
The legal terms “child custody” and “visitation” are quickly being replaced in the Connecticut divorce court system. Connecticut divorce lawyers and judges using terms like “parenting time,”...
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Can I Relocate and Move My Kids After a Connecticut Divorce?
Life goes on after divorce, and changing opportunities and circumstances sometimes mean that one parent wants to move with the kids out of town or Connecticut. Sometimes the parent wants to move...
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Top Three Tips to Keep Legals Fees Down in Your Connecticut Divorce
There are three different ways to look at the cost of a Connecticut divorce – monetary cost, emotional cost, and time. Today we are focused on one piece of the financial puzzle — legal fees. Legal...
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