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.

26 Ways to Communicate Better With Your Child

As divorce mediators, a lot of our work stems around helping divorcing parents communicate more effectively to work out the terms of their divorce agreement and then after divorce to co-parent their child or children productively again.  Doing research on communication, my colleague at MWI, Josh Hoch, came across the following list created by Elizabeth O'Shea of Parent 4 Success.

Read Elizabeth O'Shea's list on MWI's Divorce Mediation Blog

The Continuum of Dispute Resolution in the Workplace

As a general matter, dispute resolution refers to one of several different processes used to resolve disputes between parties, including negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation.  This blog posting on Win-Win HR by Lorene Schaefer defines the common dispute resolution terms and explains when the various tools might be used to resolve workplace conflict and the pros and cons of each of the processes.



Read Lorene Schaefer's article on Win-Win HR.