Category: Dealing with Divorce
Helping Northern Westchester Families
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Hoarding and Divorce in New York
Are you married to someone hoarding property? In this video, NY attorney Ken Novenstern discusses the challenges of hoarding in the context of divorce and offers resources to help spouses navigate the legal and logistical hurdles.
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Gray Divorce in New York and Do’s and Don’ts
When people in their 60's, 70's and beyond get divorced, often times, things become more complicated than they need to be. Divorce attorney Ken Novenstern explains.
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Congratulations. You’re Divorced! (Choosing Your Lawyer)
In this video, Mr. Novenstern focuses on things to consider when choosing a divorce attorney. He shares a personal anecdote, starting at the end of the story and working forward.
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The Power of Pause in Divorce
One of the most powerful tools in processing your divorce is pausing. Divorce is chaotic; your world is turned upside down. Pausing promotes balance and renewal, which is essential in helping you move forward. The collaborative divorce process is structured to accommodate pauses as part of the process and provides…
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Managing the Stress of a Divorce Practice
Clients ask me sometimes how I manage the stress of a divorce practice. Listening and understanding the unique concerns and interests of my clients while navigating the complex emotions of divorce is an important foundation of my work. While I remain passionate about transforming how families resolve conflict, it can…
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A Recipe For A Better Divorce
Step 1: Work with your spouse and not against your spouse. Your relationship as husband and wife may be ending however you both created this family and if you have children you will need to work together as co parents; Step 2: Select a process such as either mediation or…
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Ten Questions To Consider Before Hiring Your Divorce Lawyer
For most people, choosing a divorce lawyer is a daunting task. You are about to embark on an unfamiliar and treacherous journey, and, to make things worse, you have to do this while you are in the grip of extreme emotional turmoil. Guiding you through this traumatic life experience…
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Uninviting Divorce’s Third Party: Guilt
Whether you’re initiating divorce, it’s being initiated by your partner, or it’s a mutual decision, it comes with a whole host of feelings including anger, anxiety, sadness, and guilt. Guilt can be profound, and can impact our relationship with our children, our ex spouse, and even ourselves. Guilt can weave…
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The Decision to Divorce
Lately I have been thinking about how people decide to divorce. As anyone who has gone through a divorce will tell you, it is one of the hardest, if not the hardest decision a person makes. The collaborative divorce team starts with an understanding that the history leading up to,…
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The Surprising Role of Hope in Divorce
In my years of working with divorcing spouses, I have come to understand that divorce is an act of hope. Although it can be tempting to view the end of a marriage cynically, the decision to divorce is ultimately about forging a new beginning. A rejection of continued unhappiness, the…