New York Divorce Report - New York's Divorce and Family Law Blog

In an interesting piece on the Huffington Post, Stacy Schneider opines that Rudy Giuliani’s “Nasty Divorce” reveals why he may be unfit to be president. Politics aside, the former mayor’s divorce is a primer on what not to do during a divorce. The divorce was a vicious, go-for-the-jugular, corrosive slugfest, with Rudy seemingly pulling the sharpest punches of the pair. His ongoing public display of his mistress's affections was certainly unbecoming of an elected official. But watching an uncaring father of two young children consistently display his contempt for his own family on the television news was both shocking... More

I was quoted in an article on AOL highlighting the Top Five Mistakes to Avoid in a Divorce. According to the article, the top five mistakes are: 1.Failing to be prepared with copies of all relevant financial and legal documents; 2.Failing to obtain financial advice as part of the divorce. Parties often fail to consider impact of taxes on the assets to be distributed. Other assets need to be appraised; 3.Failing to sell the marital home when you can ill afford to remain in it; 4.Failing to explore settlement or other avenues of dispute resolution and, instead, rushing into court;... More