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Till Death Do Us Part – or Not

January 15, 2023 By Joy Rosenthal

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They say that January is Divorce Month (we get more inquiries after New Years!) but it also seems to be Prenup Month. I started working on two prenuptial agreements this week – one as a mediation and one as a collaborative case.  I also read an article in the New Yorker, Prenups Aren’t Just for the Rich Anymore. I’m curious about your experiences with prenups – do you have one or know anyone who does? Or who should have had … read more »

Filed Under: Prenuptial Tagged With: pre-nup

Prenup? That’s Good News!

July 25, 2017 By Joy Rosenthal

Prenup? That’s Good News! by Joy Rosenthal

Your wedding day is only a few months off and your fiancé nervously mentions that he would like a prenuptial agreement. You are taken off guard. “But don’t you trust me?” you cry.   “It’s not that,” he stammers. “It’s just that, that I will be disowned if I don’t…”   Or, “It’s just that I have worked so hard on creating my own business, and I want things to be clear with my business partners…”   Or, “It’s just … read more »

Filed Under: Marriage, Prenuptial Tagged With: marriage, negotiating, pre-nup

Why Do I Love What I Do?

July 11, 2017 By Joy Rosenthal

Why do I love what I do? by Joy Rosenthal

Our families grow and change over our lifetimes. We transition from the family we were born into to the ones we create. We form different types of families by falling in love, by having babies, by adopting children, by divorcing, by being step-parents, by having (or being) God parents, or by treating extended family like our own. Our children grow up and leave, our parents may move in with us. As a result, the idea of the nuclear family is … read more »

Filed Under: Adoption, Divorce, Families, Mediation Tagged With: Adoption, collaborative process, divorce mediation, family, mediation, pre-nup

Is That Prenup Really Fair?

July 17, 2013 By Joy Rosenthal

Lee and Carolyn were in love.  Carolyn loved Lee so much that she moved her children from Delaware to Long Island so they could be a family.  After 8 years of dating, Lee finally proposed.   Lee suggested a prenuptial agreement.  Carolyn was so relieved that they were finally getting married, that she said, “I’ll sign any piece of paper you put in front of me and I won’t even read it.” And so he did.  Lee gave her the agreement … read more »

Filed Under: Divorce, Families, General, Marriage, Negotiation, Prenuptial Tagged With: divorce, family, finances, planning, pre-nup, win-win

In the News

April 1, 2012 By Joy Rosenthal

Three articles have caught my eye this week, because I provide all 3 services.  This is why I love my varied practice — all geared toward helping families through their many transiations! The New York Law Journal published an article (in which I am featured!) by colleagues Ellie Wertheim and Abby Tolchinsky entitled Elder Mediation Addresses Range of Family Decisions, explaining that often, mediation can address important issues that the law cannot. The New York Times article, If ‘Forever’ Doesn’t … read more »

Filed Under: Children, Divorce, Elder Mediation, Elder Mediation, Estate Planning, Families, General, LGBT, Prenuptial Tagged With: collaborative process, common ground, elder mediation, family, health, lesbian, LGBT, mediation, planning, pre-nup

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