Past Issues of The Mediator Newsletter
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Winter Spring 2024 Newsletter
- Legal Documents for College
- Spending Limits Help Couples?
- Tax Stuff: A New Use for 529s
- You and Your Young Adult Child -- A Review
Winter Spring 2023 Newsletter
- Trending Now: Who Gets the Dog
- Joint Finances = Happier Couples?
- Going Up: 401(k) Limits
- The LOVE Prescription -- A Review
Winter 2022 Newsletter
- New Divorce Court Procedures
- Family Finances -- Involve Teens?
- Backdoor to Roth IRAs
- Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity and Change -- A Review
Summer Fall 2020 Newsletter
- Connecticut Now Allows Remote Divorce
- Remarriage: Combine Finances or Not?
- Remote Workers May Get Tax Surprise
- The 5 Love Languages -- A Review
Fall 2019 Newsletter
- Revised Court Orders in Divorce
- Declining Divorce Rates
- More Uses for 529 Accounts
- Emotional Contagion and Social Media
Fall 2018 Newsletter
- Retirement savings update
- More couples living apart
- Changes coming to alimony taxation
- How to Talk so Kids Will Listen & Listen so Kids Will Talk is an important resource for parents
Winter 2017 Newsletter
- Connecticut allows speedier divorces
- Mediation centers open in Connecticut courthouses
- Retiring early using the age 55 rule
- When Things Fall Apart can help calm us in uncertain times
Spring 2016 Newsletter
- Nonadversarial divorce' arrives in Connecticut
- Cost of the ring and wedding may predict divorce
- Social Security rules in divorce
- Mom's House, Dad's House for Kids is an excellent resource for kids going through divorce
Spring 2015 Newsletter
- Alimony modifications may now be harder in Connecticut
- Are women better decision-makers under pressure?
- Rollover changes may affect your retirement savings
- Divorce Source Radio podcast
Fall 2014 Newsletter
- Can you now serve papers via Facebook?
- Partner’s traits can go from attraction to flaw
- Grandparent's college savings impacts financial aid
- Ernst & Young Tax Guide for routine tax questions
Winter 2014 Newsletter
- New Financial Affidavit forms have arrived for CT divorces
- Do credit scores matter in the success of a marriage?
- The home office deduction has been made simpler
- Introducing the Our Family Wizard website
Winter 2013 Newsletter
- Advice from divorcees on what they'd do differently
- Couples therapy when one partner won't go
- Managed 401(k) plans can help you avoid costly mistakes
- Building A Parenting Agreement that Works, an important resource for divorcing parents
Winter 2011 Newsletter
- 'Limited scope representation' may help to cut lawyer costs in Connecticut
- Marriage rates at record low
- 401(k) contribution limits increased
- The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls is an important resource for parents of adolescent girls
Spring 2011 Newsletter
- CT court disqualifies attorney after mediation consultation
- Secret spending is common in marriage
- Alternative Minimum Tax patch creates tax headaches
- The Custody Solutions Sourcebook helps divorcing parents
Fall 2010 Newsletter
- Trending now: Later in life divorce increases
- CT Supreme Court on higher-income child support
- Congress' inaction may increase capital gains taxes
- The Intelligent Divorce offers practical advice for parents
Spring 2010 Newsletter
- Connecticut Supreme Court continues trend of enforcing prenups
- Two-earner couples appear to be happier
- Converting a traditional IRA to a Roth
- An excellent, free retirement savings calculator
