Miami Herald Article mentioning my website, MyDivorceLawyer.com

Posted by Gabriel on Feb 15th, 2010 | no comments

Miami Herald photo with Gabriel Bodner, Dr. Michael Epstein and Dr. Jerome Poliacoff

I am very excited that the Miami Herald mentioned my website in an article about business collaboration. It is a pleasure working with Dr. Jerome Poliacoff and Dr. Michael Epstein. I consider Dr. Poliacoff and Dr. Epstein to be leading psychologists in Miami on very difficult family issues. It is an honor to work with them on this project and to be associated with their technological vision as mentioned in this article.

If you want to read the article check it out at my website http://www.mydivorcelawyer.com/resources/news.html.

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Dealing with the Children of the Marriage

Posted by Gabriel on Oct 29th, 2009 | no comments

Unless a divorce attorney keeps up with the changes in the law and the reasons for those changes, he cannot properly serve his client’s interests.  An example is the laws relating to the children of the marriage in the event of a divorce. For years, the courts approached the problem under the concepts of “custody and visitation.”   No more.  The sense was that “custody” was too one-sided a phrase that seemed to negate the role of the other parent and thus was to the detriment of the children. Similarly, the phrase “visitation” was too casual and almost demeaning of the role of the non-custodial parent.

So the law replaced those terms with what is referred to as “timesharing”.  Both parents are to have a significant role and significant responsibility in the minor children of the marriage. 

But this is not the only change.  Now the parents, after they resolve their timesharing roles, are obliged to submit to the court what is referred to as a “parenting plan.”

That means telling the court how they intend to share responsibilities under the timesharing plan and how they intend to deal with the many issues relating to their minor child.  In many ways, it’s a new world that everybody involved need to keep up with.

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The Basic Issues of a Divorce and the Different Means of Resolution

Posted by Gabriel on Oct 8th, 2009 | no comments

Every divorce starts out with the need to resolve certain basic issues.

1. What will be included in what is termed “marital property” and how will it be divided?
2. Will there be alimony for one spouse and if so how much and for how long?
3. If there are children of the marriage under the age of 18, how will custody and visitation (now known as time sharing) rights be resolved?
4. In that same circumstance, will there be a provision for child support and if so, how much?

Obviously, these issues and some related ones can be resolved by the courts generally after protracted litigation. Unfortunately, in some instances such resolution in what is called contested litigation is simply unavoidable. However, even in contested litigation, there are means of lessening the cost and time frame of litigation. Thus, non-binding mediation or even binding arbitration may  provide resolution of all or at least key issues so that a settlement can be reached by the parties and presented to the court.

Optimally, the parties can attempt to resolve al issues without litigation in what is referred to as an uncontested divorce.  The terms agreed upon are then presented to the court which will invariably endorse those terms in granting a formal divorce.

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A Better Way to Divorce

Posted by Gabriel on Sep 3rd, 2009 | no comments

Here is the simple truth. No one cares more about you then you! It really is that simple and yet I have seen so many people just hand over a large percentage of what they have worked hard for to their divorce lawyers. Now there are plenty of people who just cannot come to any agreement with their spouse and those people probably do need a lawyer to help them fight for their rights, but most people just end up disappointed no matter what. I am proud that I work for a company that is a great solution for those that are a little smarter and can come to a fair agreement with their spouse. MyDivorceLawyer.com offers a great service to help you through the process of a divorce where the parties have agreed to the terms of their divorce and need a lawyer to help them with the court paperwork, with the marital settlement agreement and to act in a consultative manner. When you use the service you have access to a lawyer to guide you efficiently through the process and to go to court with you for the Final Hearing. Could you do everything yourself without a lawyer, of course, but the time and energy you save by having a professional do it is well worth the small fee.

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