Friday, May 24, 2013

Divorce Mediation and the Debate Over Ending Lifetime Alimony

Diane Rehm's May 20th program was on the topic of alimony and the efforts now underway in a growing number of states to end permanent spousal support. Instead, many states, as Massachusetts did in 2011, would create formulas to determine the amount and duration of awards.

During the program, there was a discussion of the value of divorce mediation to parties interesting in maintaining control of their divorce and coming up with a workable resolution to their divorce issues. It was an interesting and informative conversation explaining how mediation gives couples the option to privately negotiate a settlement without the large investment of time, money and emotion that adversarial litigation almost always require.

Listen to this edition of the Diane Rehm Show.

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