Steinberger to present at WBASNY
Posted in Clients,Divorce,Lawyers,Mediation, negotiation & dispute resolution,Prenuptial Agreements,Resources for Lawyers on May 10, 2021
Chaim Steinberger has been asked to present his program, “The Perils of Prenups: The psycho-social dynamics and legal effects of prenuptial agreements” at the 2021 Convention of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York on May 21, 2021, 1:15. Mr. Steinberger may be one of the only family-law lawyers advising young couples… read more
Parenting in the Age of Coronavirus – Some Frequently Asked Questions
Posted in Divorce,Mediation, negotiation & dispute resolution on December 2, 2020
1. How has the coronavirus affected divorces? The pandemic is effecting family-law and divorces in several important ways. A. CHILD SUPPORT ARREARS: Even in non-pandemic times, the most important advice I give to non-custodial parents who get laid off from work is to immediately file a petition in Family Court for a downward modification of… read more
Alienated Children Need to Demonize their Target Parent
Posted in Divorce on September 23, 2020
Someone posted on a message board I belong to (name omitted because I was not authorized to include it), that: Today I re[a]d an interview in a Dutch newspaper with someone who had lost his father (suicide) when he was young. As of this day, he remembered only bad things about his father. After therapy… read more
Coronavirus Pandemic (and the “Pandemic” board game) demonstrate the advantages of non-adversarial processes.
Posted in Divorce,Mediation, negotiation & dispute resolution on March 26, 2020
Image courtesy of Matt Leacock, The New York Times | March 31, 2020 For the last several years, we here have been talking and writing about “Divorce Without Destruction” and how people can get more, and better results, using cooperative strategies, than they could using adversarial ones. Game Theory teaches this and life bears it… read more
Parenting (a/k/a “visitation”) in the Age of Corona
Posted in Divorce on March 24, 2020
There has been much questioning whether a parent can deny the other access to their joint children during the Coronavirus pandemic under the theory that the denying parent is “just” protecting the children. Of course a parent must keep children safe. Each parent likely shares that goal. The questions I would pose to those parents… read more
NYLJ Publishes The Perils of Prenups, authored by Chaim Steinberger
Posted in Divorce,Mediation, negotiation & dispute resolution on February 28, 2020
Beginning on February 28, 2020, and on the following three consecutive Fridays, the New York Law Journal will be publishing Chaim’s thoughtful articles on The Perils of Prenups. In the first part, Chaim will explain why prenuptial agreements are often more dangerous and destructive than they are helpful. The second article will describe certain situations… read more
Steinberger to chair ABA Family Law Section’s Custody Committee
Posted in Divorce,Uncategorized on August 7, 2018
The Family Law Section of the American Bar Association appointed Chaim Steinberger to head its Custody Committee. The Committee “[s]tudies and strives for improvements in the law relating to child custody and visitation, such as development of a model joint custody statute, standards for relocating children and rights of stepparents and unwed parents.” Mr. Steinberger… read more
The Attributes of a Great Divorce Lawyer (i.e., “Good v. Great” )
Posted in Divorce,Lawyers,Mediation, negotiation & dispute resolution on March 3, 2018
By Chaim Steinberger (c) 2018 For several years I’ve been thinking about writing on the differences between a “good” lawyer and a “great” one. That is, many have written articles with titles like, “How to Pick a Divorce Lawyer” that try to help people select decent lawyers from among the poor ones. That doesn’t interest… read more
Complicated Custody Cases
Posted in Divorce on February 25, 2018
On February 20, 2018, Attorney Chaim Steinberger presented to a chapter of the American Inns of Court at the Brooklyn Bar Association on the factors that New York Courts consider when determining custody. Courts must always consider “the best interests of the child,” Mr. Steinberger noted. That means that anything that affects a child is… read more
What is a “Negotiation Coach”?
Posted in Clients,Divorce,Mediation, negotiation & dispute resolution on January 12, 2018
A Negotiation Coach? What’s That? By Chaim Steinberger (c) 2018 From time to time, I’m approached by people who don’t want to do their negotiating through lawyers. They may believe that lawyers might make matters unnecessarily complicated. They might inflame the situation. Or one party doesn’t want to hire a lawyer and doesn’t feel comfortable… read more