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It is not uncommon in these difficult times for one ex-spouse to seek a modification of the divorce decree<\/a>.\u00a0 COVID has caused changes in everyone\u2019s life. A party may have lost income or even their job and seek to decrease alimony and child support. Or concerns over the safety of unvaccinated children or the failure of an ex-spouse to receive a vaccination may lead a party to seek to modify visitation.<\/p>\n

Litigation over these issues was already time consuming before the pandemic caused a backlog of matters before the courts.\u00a0 You and your family may be better served by bringing your issues to mediation<\/a> with a retired judge. During my 27 years on the bench I served 6 years as the Family Presiding Judge where I tried hundreds of cases and assisted in the settlement of many more. These cases involved alimony, child support, equitable distribution and custody. I also ruled on hundreds of post judgment applications. I believe my experience can be beneficial to ex-spouses who wish to reach a mutual resolution of their family law issues in a timely manner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is not uncommon in these difficult times for one ex-spouse to seek a modification of the divorce decree.\u00a0 COVID has caused changes in everyone\u2019s life. A party may have lost income or even their job and seek to decrease alimony and child support. Or concerns over the safety of unvaccinated children or the failure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[246,430],"tags":[],"coauthors":[429],"class_list":["post-4754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorce-family-law-insights","category-dupuis"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPost-Divorce Modifications & Mediation — April 29, 2021 — Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, P.C. 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