On June 1,2009, Annie’s Mailbox, a nationally-syndicated advice column, published my letter about using a mediator to help with a family fight brewing over heirlooms. These kinds of conflicts are common, whether the heirlooms have great monetary value or only sentimental value. Read the original letter and response, describing the estate settlement conflict. Then read […]
Read more...Sometimes people wonder just when they should consider elder mediation. The time is right whenever the parties (and, where it applies, their advisors, including attorneys) feel the time is right. Mediation can be helpful when the family is faced with making plans for the future well-being of an aging loved one. Communication or caregiving plans […]
Read more...Sometimes people wonder just when they should consider business mediation. The time is right whenever the parties (and, where it applies, their advisors, including attorneys) feel the time is right. Mediation can assist business owners, include families, address difficult issues related to succession planning, business structure, or business operations. After a dispute has arisen, mediation […]
Read more...Sometimes people wonder just when they should consider estate mediation. The time is right whenever the parties (and, where it applies, their advisors, including attorneys) feel the time is right. Mediation can be helpful in the estate planning process, when difficult issues can be better addressed with the help of a neutral third party. Addressing […]
Read more...Last week, Community Mediation, Inc. held its 8th Annual Father Nash Award program, this time honoring New Haven’s Community Leadership Program. Although Community Mediation, Inc. is best known for its work in conflict resolution, the nature of the award and remarks at the award breakfast focused much more on conflict prevention. By creating opportunities for […]
Read more...Twice in the last few weeks, I have used the term “Elder Mediation” and the person hearing it, perhaps for the first time, has assumed it meant something completely different from its true meaning. Elder Mediation is not a term for mediating disputes that occur between two or more elderly people, about whatever topics that […]
Read more...My presentation on Elder Mediation last week at VNA Community Healthcare in Guilford was a pleasure. The room was full of professionals who work with elderly people on a daily basis. Their dedication was plain to see, not the least because they attended to learn still more about how they could serve their clients even […]
Read more...On Tuesday, April 21, 2009, I will have the pleasure of presenting a program on Elder Mediation at VNA Community Healthcare, in Guilford, CT. The program is part of the VNA’s ongoing series of Programs for Health Professionals. The program runs from 9:00 to 10:30. The series includes a wide variety of topics that are […]
Read more...The New Haven Register reported today that Yale University and its unionized workers were able to reach agreement on a contract without going on strike — for the first time since 1988! No strike, no arbitration, no formal mediation. I don’t often write about labor issues, but an interview today on WPNR shed some interesting […]
Read more...The protracted criminal case involving the estate of socialite and philanthropist is nearing trial in New York City. Prosecuters say that her son and his lawyer conspired to defraud her by having her change her will when she was mentally incompetent to do so. Of course it seems that the ultrarich lead different lives than […]
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