Divorce Lawyer Blog, Long Island, NY

Should You Record Your Ex During Your Divorce?
Can Recording Your Spouse Help Your Divorce Case? Recording Interactions with Your Ex During Your Long Island Divorce It's important to cover your bases when getting a divorce on Long Island. You can be sure that your ex-spouse isn't going to protect you, nor will...

What Not to Say About Your Ex-Spouse During Your Divorce
What you say about your ex-spouse during the process of dissolving your marriage can either help or hurt your divorce on Long Island. While no one is expecting you to sing their praises, there are some things you definitely shouldn't say about your ex for your own...

How to Interact with Your Children During Your Divorce
As a parent going through a divorce in New York, all eyes tend to be on you. Your soon-to-be-ex, the judge, the guardian ad litem, and other key parties will all be paying close attention to how you interact with your children. They'll be looking for signs of child...

How to Keep Your Cool During a Long Island Divorce
Keeping your cool during your divorce can be very challenging, but it is one of the most important things you can do to prevent unwanted escalation and negative consequences. This is particularly true if you and your ex-spouse aren't able to get along or have...

Why Act Like Someone Is Watching You During Divorce
Divorcing your spouse is often a long, emotional, complex process that saps you of time, energy, and money. Despite most divorces being emotionally tumultuous, you aren't afforded much reprieve; there is little to no grace for you if you make a mistake. Here's why you...

Why You Shouldn’t Move Out Before Your Divorce is Final
When you decide to get a divorce, moving out of your marital home seems like the logical next step. However, this is likely to hurt you more than it will help you. It won't necessarily make your divorce easier, nor is it necessarily in the best interests of you or...

How to Prepare Yourself for a Long Island Divorce
Divorce can be a difficult thing to prepare for because in many cases, it's the last thing you expect. You got married to your spouse with the intention of the relationship lasting “till death do you part”, and knowing that you will no longer have this future can be...

Top 12 Smart Long Island Divorce Strategies
12 Tips to Make Your Divorce Sensible, Straightforward, and Successful Learn How to Take Control of Your Upcoming Divorce Your upcoming divorce on Long Island may be something you’ve known about for some time, or it may be something that seemingly blindsided you out...

What Happens to My Business In a Long Island Divorce
Business ownership is one of the more challenging issues in a divorce, as are child custody, visitation, and child support issues. If you and your spouse own a business and are in the process of dissolving your marriage on Long Island, read on to learn what you need...

Tips for Filing Taxes After Your Divorce
Unless you're a certified tax professional, chances are filing taxes is almost always intimidating, no matter if you're married, single, divorced, or widowed. Filing taxes for the first time after a Long Island divorce can be particularly challenging for newly single...

How Is Child Custody Different for Unmarried Parents?
Whether you are married or unmarried, ending your relationship is difficult. If you are unmarried and have children with your soon-to-be-ex, however, this can make the separation even more challenging. Read on to learn how child custody, visitation, and child support...

When Getting a Divorce May Not Be Your Best Option
Why You Might Not Want a Divorce (but think you do) If your marriage is on the rocks, you may be thinking about what options you have to move forward with your life without your partner. Divorce can be complex in New York and sometimes, it's not the right choice even...

What Is Divorce Discovery in a Long Island Divorce?
If you're considering dissolving your marriage or are going through the initial stages of getting a divorce, you may have heard the term "discovery." All legal cases include the process of discovery, however, what this looks like differs between different types of...

What CPS Can and Cannot Do on Long Island, New York
Knock, knock. Someone is at the door and to your surprise, it's an agent from Child Protective Services (CPS). In moments like this, understanding what CPS can and cannot do in New York is critical. They may claim that someone has reported the abuse or neglect of...

6 Things to NOT Do When Negotiating Child Custody
Child custody cases are often challenging, emotional and exhausting. They can drag on for months or more, depending on how much (or how little) you and your ex agree on. Sadly, as tough as it can be on the parents, a tough child custody battle can also have a negative...

What You Need to Know if Divorcing in NY in 2021
As 2020 comes to a close, you may be experiencing marital strife and considering divorce. It's been a more difficult year than most for all of us, and many couples are facing the possibility of ending their marriages in the new year. Should you get divorced in 2021?...

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