New York State is the most difficult place in the country to be a landlord, and that makes it often a challenging place to be a tenant. There is a bewildering array of laws, codes, precedent, assumptions, and processes that affect the way that these two groups interact with each other, and an avalanche of misinformation and confusion doesn't make it any better. In addition, let's acknowledge that what is in theory strictly a business arrangement involves constant contact and a person's home, making the landlord-tenant relationship unique.
This training aims to educate participants on New York State law regarding housing, ranging from roommates to security deposits to evictions. Both landlords and tenants have a variety of rights and responsibilities, and the clearer those are the better it is for everyone.
Neutrals spend a huge amount of time dealing with emotion. Our parties' conflicts are driven by the energy of high emotions, and those powerful forces are constantly present in the room. There as many ways to manage those emotions as there are practitioners. One thing that can make a real difference to the quality of our practice, though, is increasing our parties' emotional granularity.
This training offers the opportunity to learn why and how emotional granularity can benefit our parties, explain how the underlying biological processes work, expand our emotional vocabulary overall, and ultimately find out how to "tune in" our parties' feelings.
Parenting Plan Mediation is fairly common throughout New York State, particularly at Community Dispute Resolution Centers. At some point in the discussion, though, finances inevitably come up. Can we afford the decisions that we're making? Who will pay what for each decision made? What will the courts have to say about all these decisions? These questions are pointing toward Child Support. Luckily, Mediators can be trained to answer all of these questions, and more!
This training is truly comprehensive, beginning with Child Support's origins, history, and development. The text of the Child Support Standards Act is examined, along with what the CSSA requires for a valid Agreement. Plenty of time is spent on the calculations required by the courts, with particular attention paid to a wide variety of family situations. That includes the reasons provided in law to Deviate from the Presumptively Correct Amount, and what those options mean for modern families. After all, since every family is unique, shouldn't their Child Support Agreement reflect that?
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