Kathryn S Lazar, Esq., Author at Lazar, Schwartz & Jones

September 26, 2018

Kathryn Lazar International Collaborative Divorce Trainer

Kathryn Lazar has had the pleasure of speaking internationally to collaborative divorce groups on several occasions. Kathryn has made numerous presentations to the International Academy of Collaborative Practice on more than ten occasions, including Vancouver BC, Las Vegas, Nevada, San ...

July 15, 2018

DON’T BELIEVE RADIO ADVERTISING: Divorce Mediation Faster, Safe, Costs Less than Litigation

Some lawyers, trying to secure more divorce clients, trash mediation in their radio ads. Contrary to these advertisement’s claims, mediation frequently results in a better understanding of dispute issues and legally binding agreements, at less emotional and financial cost than ...

June 1, 2018

Thinking of Splitting Up? Read This First

Your first stop should not necessarily be a lawyer: start at a book store or library and on the internet to educate yourself before you meet with a potential lawyer or mediator. After you’ve done that, call our office and ...

May 10, 2018

CUSTODY: Trying to work out parenting plan works in your favor

CUSTODY ARRANGEMENTS: BEING ACCOMMODATING WHEN CHOOSING YOUR PARENTING PLAN DOESN’T PREJUDICE YOUR RIGHTS IN LITIGATION A mediation colleague recently blogged about the advantages of mediation over litigated divorce in working out the right parenting plan for your child or children. ...

May 1, 2018

Spousal Maintenance & Child Support Calculator

New York has developed formulas for both child support and spousal support. Although these formulas are “presumptive” — meaning that the Court is supposed to order these amounts in most cases, the law also provides that the Court can make ...

May 1, 2018

Free Divorce Options Presentation Begin July 2018

What happens if I get divorced? How does the divorce process work? Will I have enough money to support myself and my children? Will I get to be with my children? How does custody and visitation work? What will happen ...

October 26, 2017

Going the Last Mile in Divorce

By Jane Cottrell, Guest Blogger Katherine Miller blogged on the subject of why it’s so hard for people to finish their divorce. Kathryn Lazar wrote a blog (you can read it here) that struck me as a companion piece. When ...

October 19, 2017

Splitting up or Divorcing? Top Ten Strategies to Maintain Your Sanity

Many divorce clients who meet with us for the first time are stressed out and imagining multiple horrible possible things that might happen. Most of those things won’t happen, but when anxiety takes over, it is hard to think straight. We ...

August 1, 2017

Getting Divorced? Put YOUR Oxygen Mask On: Five strategies for surviving a break up

One of the biggest challenges people experience when beginning the separation and divorce process is maintaining their sense of sanity. Most people experience a wide range of emotions, and get caught up in the details of their own personal life. ...

December 14, 2016

Holiday Blues

STRESS MANAGEMENT AT HOLIDAY TIME BEGINS WITH YOU There are many articles about ways to manage stressful family situations during the holidays, especially situations involving children. There are articles about two-house families post-divorce, blended families (yours, mine, ours), loyalty to multiple families, stress around step-families, toxic and dysfunctional families, ...

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