The decision to divorce is a difficult one. The process can also be very challenging emotionally. It is said that divorce is one of the worst things that ever happens in a person’s life. During difficult or depressing times, the issues that we normally manage become...
After you visualize what kind of divorce you would like to have you should consider how active you want to be in the process. In this information age more and more people are taking charge of their lives – and their divorces. The days of blindly following the advice...
One of the first questions I ask a potential client is, “Would your spouse be surprised to know you are meeting with me?” If the answer is yes, that probably means that you are much farther ahead than him or her in thinking about being out of the marriage. It probably...
Before we can answer this question it is important to visualize what kind of divorce you’d like to have. The main differences between a traditional litigation and alternative processes such as mediation and collaborative divorce, are the goals and how you get there....
Teresa Ombres is a graduate of Fordham University and New York Law School and is admitted to the practice of law in the States of New York and New Jersey. She began her career in divorce and family law in 1981 and began mediating in 1996 after trainings in Community Mediation and Divorce Mediation. About Us