While I’ve been a divorce lawyer for the past 23 years, it was not until January of 2016 that I opened The New Family Law Center. It’s hard to believe that a full year has passed. I was speaking with my colleague Peter Carayiannis the other day, and while offering encouraging feedback about The New … Read more
This may seem weird, but I mentioned the seagulls from Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir Committed during a recent radio interview. While discussing my seminar on Separation Literacy, I was trying to make the point that separations happen, even in nature. I offer my clients some perspective with the knowledge Elizabeth Gilbert shared from William Jordan’s book … Read more
To provide public legal education, Elizabeth Goldenberg provides free seminars on Separation Literacy. Elizabeth has been a family lawyer in London Ontario for 25 years and has witnessed a huge surge of self-represented litigants (SRLs) over the past few years. She sees a need to teach the basic initial choices upon separation, to help people … Read more
Canadian Lawyer Magazine has released it’s 2016 national legal fees survey results. Of note are the following statistics: The average cost of a two day trial is $25,517, which is 20% less than last year’s figure The average cost of a five day trial is $56,963 The average cost of a seven day trial is … Read more
Last week, I had the privilege of appearing on Rogers Daytime London with host Bob Smith. We talked about the inherent problems when separating couples retain lawyers without any coordination, code of conduct, or guarantee about total cost and time frame to completion, and the ways The New Family Law Center solves all these problems. … Read more
We’re thrilled to be the featured start-up in Business London Magazine September 2016 edition with the cover caption “Taking The Sting Out of Divorce.” The writer summed up the business offering perfectly as follows: “Defusing Divorce. A unique structured service aims to make parting less painful, less confrontational, and less expensive.” The article reads: Divorce … Read more
I have exciting news! Yesterday, The New Family Law Center appeared on the Business Buzz page of The London Free Press. The article reads: Separation advice Lawyer offers family law expertise Elizabeth Goldenberg, a London divorce lawyer with 23 years experience, has opened a center to provide accessible legal representation in separation. The New Family … Read more
Recently, I was asked to draft a cohabitation agreement by a young professional woman. She is previously divorced and owns the home she’ll be living in with her new partner, and her colleagues told her that she should protect her house and establish a set of rules should they separate. This was excellent advice. The … Read more
I was reviewing the documents for a variation of child support motion the other day, and I was amazed that the documents just to start the motion to change and the necessary reply documents had created a brief that was one and a half inches thick before either party had even appeared in Court. There … Read more
This is interesting and exciting! You can now set up or vary child support online. The Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario) has launched a do-it-yourself online Child Support Service, which looks promising. I normally refuse cases involving variations of support because regardless of whether it is to increase or decrease support, it’s impossible to … Read more