January 2011

suicidal man.jpgA large, nationally representative sample was used in a Canadian study to look for a link between parental divorce and suicidal ideation. The conclusion: even in the absence of other childhood stressors, men who had experienced parental divorce had twice the odds of having seriously considered suicide compared to men from intact families. When combined

Parenting Time Calendar.jpgHoward v. Laird, a recent decision of New York’s Appellate Division, Second Department, highlights the usefulness of a parenting-time calendar when entering a divorce settlement.

In Howard, the appellate court had occasion to reverse an initial post-divorce Supreme Court decision in a visitation dispute, and to send the case back to the lower