Elder Care Mediation
As baby boomers and millennials and their parents age, they confront new challenges and changes in relationships. Often the old family dynamics lead to conflict within or across generations concerning the care of the aging parents. If the aging parents are on their second marriages, there may be conflict between a step parent and step children or among step-siblings. Add daughters-in-law and sons-in law into the mix, and the situation can be fraught with discord and stress for all concerned.
Mediation is an effective alternative to litigation resolve the matter without the lengthy, expensive legal process that wastes estate assets and exacerbates the grief and pain of loss. I am able to meet with families, either in my office or at the family home, bringing in distant family members by Skype ® or phone, to facilitate these difficult conversations to help everyone work through the issues in a respectful, caring way to achieve resolution and a plan for action.
Testimonials
Robin has helped me with personal legal matters ranging from adoption to real estate transactions over the last 6 years. I was impressed with her depth of knowledge and experience in the range of legal matters we worked with her on. I felt confident that Robin was not only giving us top notch legal advice but was also steering us towards options that worked for our family and made the process less stressful, while being efficient at the same time.Michael Blakely-Armitage, Administrator
Ithaca Youth Bureau
Articles
ON-LINE MEDIATION NOW AVAILABLE
In these time of social distancing, I am offering on-line conflict resolution services using Zoom, FaceTime, Skype, and Google Hangouts. Call to schedule a free, no obligation consultation.
Divorce Now or Later? Timing Matters!
Changes in the U.S. tax law, effective January 1, 2019, may have significant impacts on the financial consequences of your separation or divorce.
Negotiate in Mediation for What You Need -- And Get It.
Face it: most of us are not very good at asking others for what we need. We tend to come off as either too aggressive or wishy-washy. Moreover, when we're in conflict, our asking skills tend to deteriorate into either demanding bitchiness or passive-aggressiveness that descends into resentment. Not a good look, on anyone.
But, there's a way to ask for what you need and to enlist others in giving it to you, by being respectfully assertive. It requires communicating clearly what your needs are, how others' behavior affects you, and enlists others in satisfying your needs.
Cohabitation Mediation - What I Wish I'd Known Before Moving in Together
Much less planning goes into cohabitation than into a wedding, but it is, in many ways, a bigger legal, financial and emotional step.
Divorce Mediation - The Orange: A Parable About Interest-Based Negotiation
Nick and Nora were separating and couldn’t agree upon who should get the orange. Since there was only one orange, it appeared that the “fair” solution (and the one most likely to be imposed if they were in court) would be for them to slice it in half, and each would get half an orange.