by Curtis J. Romanowski, Esq. As attorneys, we are trained to be advocates in the process known as “adversarial”. Many of us self-selected into the legal profession partly because our underlying personality and temperament traits are geared toward advocacy. Similarly, lawyers, the good ones are typically quite inquisitive. Their questioning techniques, however, often take on...
by Curtis J. Romanowski, Esq., Chairman Collaborative Family Institute, LLC In the course of my prior life as a management consultant to the Fortune 500, I was faced with issues involving client system compliance with the ISO 9000 International Standards for Quality Management. The five International Standards which form the ISO 9000 series of quality...
Progressive Divorce: A 4-Phase, Outcome-Driven Approach to Nonlitigated Dispute Resolution The Matrimonial Strategist ™, Volume XX, Number 6 Progressive ® Divorce is a staged or incremental approach to family law. Consistent with the proven tenets of sound program management, Progressive Divorce clients benefit from carefully structured problem solving and mediated negotiation methodologies. The process incorporates...
Progressive Divorce: Making Best Practices Better by Getting There First New Jersey Law Journal, VOL. CLXVII – NO. 3 – INDEX 187 APRIL 15, 2002 One of the mandates of Best Practices involves shrinking the time float; what has been referred to as “schedule crashing” in other contexts. Schedule crashing invariably trades a collapsed time...
Are Prenuptial Agreements Affected by Changed Circumstances? by Curtis J. Romanowski, Esq. People who go through the bother and expense of entering into prenuptial agreements, sign the agreement with the expectation that the agreement will be enforceable and will give them the future protection that they seek. Fundamentally, we are talking about a contract between...
New Jersey Divorce – Custody Mediation NJ Arbitration NJ ADR by Curtis J. Romanowski, Esq. NJ DIVORCE & CUSTODY MEDIATION is a process in which a trained mediator helps a couple to make family law related decisions such as child custody, support, alimony and equitable distribution, without court involvement. Rather than making decisions for the...
NJ Collaborative Divorce Law NJ ADR by Curtis J. Romanowski, Esq. New Jersey Collaborative Law – Collaborative Divorce SM Alternative Dispute Resolution ( ADR ) helps lawyers for both parties in a divorce or other matrimonial, family or custody dispute to assist clients in resolving conflict using positive cooperation-based negotiated problem solving strategies instead of...
A New Way of Looking at Divorce by Curtis J. Romanowski, Esq., Chairman Collaborative Family Institute, LLC A divorce is a one-time project that has defined starting and ending dates, a clearly specified set of objectives or scope of tasks to be performed, a predefined budget, and a temporary settlement or litigation organization that is...
New Jersey’s Civil War in Divorce Mediation by Curtis J. Romanowski, Esq. The first step in the process of despising something is to label it. There are countless mediation models, many of which come with their own labels; such as team mediation, transformative mediation, etc. Most of these, and their practitioners, can be described as...
Eleventh Hour Divorce Facilitation by Curtis J. Romanowski, Esq. Mediation and most other forms of alternate dispute resolution are typically employed in advance of the Court process. Mediated agreements, for example, might limit the parties’ involvement with the Court to placing the Matrimonial Settlement Agreement on the record, voir dire on the agreement and cause...
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