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Mediation in Divorce and the Value of Listening

By Elissa C. Goldberg / May 11, 2015

Mediation can get you to resolution in your divorce faster and cheaper, often with much less emotional distress. Why? Because you and your spouse remain in the driver’s seat of the process. In fact, mediation is the two of you and one other person in a room together, and no one else. No judge, no…

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No Such Thing as Amicable Divorce

By Elissa C. Goldberg / April 29, 2015

Pamela Anderson and Rick Salomon finalized their divorce this week. I know you were all holding your breath on that one. It was her second marriage to Salomon, her third husband, but the third time they called it quits. One of those splits apparently was an annulment. If you can figure that out, please add…

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Nonverbal Communication in Collaborative Law Divorce

By Elissa C. Goldberg / April 28, 2015

This past weekend I attended the annual retreat of the Bucks County Collaborative Law Group, an association of like-minded lawyers, financial planners and Collaborative Law divorce coaches to which I belong. In a workshop at the retreat, I was struck by the power of nonverbal communication at the negotiating table. I also took note of the pitfalls of…

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