Family

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Challenging times continue. We are in a global high anxiety state and that has created some painful tension in relationships and...

Co-parenting during COVID-19

It is a difficult time. The brevity of that statement belies the complex and novel circumstances that many of us are experiencing. While...

Parenting Coordination

Parenting coordination can help parents make necessary parenting decisions. A parenting coordinator works with parents to: 1. Create...

Mediation: Mutual Problem Solving

Cooperative behavior and the ability to read intentions of other people are increasingly believed by social psychologists, I think, to be...

Family Support of a Discharge Plan

Hospital discharge plans can be compromised because of lack of family support. This can create the condition for multiple admissions and...

Estate Communciation

A recent NY Times article, When a Will Divides an Estate, and Also Divides a Family, highlights the value of facilitated family...

Uniform Adult Guardianship Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act Signed into Law.

The UAGPPJA provides a set of uniform rules that address jurisdiction and related issues in adult guardianship cases where multiple...

Elder Abuse: Mickey Rooney's Testimony and More

According to the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA), types of elder abuse falls into seven different categories: (1) physical; (2)...

Family Conversations About Money

Family conversations about money are often difficult to have. Our relationship with money has deep ties to personal values, which may...

Elder Mediation in a Nutshell

I was excited to see the article on elder mediation in the Wall Street Journal, A Referee for Family Disputes by Anne Tergesen. This...

Sandwiched Boomers

On New Year’s Day 2011, the first of the baby boomer generation turned 65. In its New Year’s edition, the New York Times cited a Pew...

Abby Rosmarin, Esq., LMHC