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No matter what kind of case we mediate, we eventually run across that tough one where one side admits owing money or agrees to pay and they don’t have the means to do it.  Is all hope lost?  Maybe, but maybe not!  Unfortunately many cases like this that could settle don’t because...

A commonly negotiated issue in mediation is who is entitled to take the dependency deduction exemption for the parties’ minor children.  Assuming the child is a qualifying child under 26 USC § 152(e)(1), the custodial parent after a divorce is finalized must use either Form 8332...

We can’t help it.  We all bring our past experiences to the table as mediators and many of us (Westerners) view parties and issues from a Western perspective.  But how well does that work when the parties in the mediation are Eastern, Middle Eastern, or African?  Do they view...

There’s plenty to say about a mediator’s mentality, but there is one in particular that I hear over and over from parties — simply put, they wish their mediator had not given up so easily. In one way mediation is a test of “wills”, with the mediators “will” sometimes being...