{"id":562,"date":"2020-03-27T17:18:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T17:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.divorcingoptions.com\/Blog\/?p=562"},"modified":"2020-04-26T23:50:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T23:50:05","slug":"divorce-court-closed-consider-mediation-reconciliation-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.divorcingoptions.com\/Blog\/divorce-court-closed-consider-mediation-reconciliation-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"THE DIVORCE COURT IS CLOSED*. WE CAN\u2019T GO ON LIKE THIS."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.divorcingoptions.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2-people-holding-heart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.divorcingoptions.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2-people-holding-heart.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.divorcingoptions.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2-people-holding-heart.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.divorcingoptions.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2-people-holding-heart-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.divorcingoptions.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2-people-holding-heart-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.divorcingoptions.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2-people-holding-heart-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>Mediate a <a href=\"https:\/\/divorcingoptions.com\/Handouts\/Reconciliation_Agreement_PDF_Handout_Version.pdf\">Reconciliation Agreement<\/a>. (Also called a \u201cpostnuptial\u201d or \u201cmarital\u201d agreement.)<\/p>\n<p>A Reconciliation Agreement tries to reconcile differences while admitting the possibility of divorce. It sets out rights and obligations each would have to follow if a divorce was filed. If there is a divorce, then the Reconciliation Agreement, by law, turns into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslegalhelp.org\/children-and-families\/divorce-separation-basic-info\">Separation Agreement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A divorce mediator will help each of you resolve issues like: How will support be handled? How will our property be divided?<\/p>\n<p>A Reconciliation Agreement may save your marriage and avoid the whole divorce thing.<\/p>\n<p>Since the courts are closed*, isn\u2019t it worth \u201cchecking-out\u201d Reconciliation Agreements?<\/p>\n<p>*<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/probate-and-family-court-rules\/probate-and-family-court-standing-order-2-20-court-operations-under\">The courts are available for emergencies.<\/a> Go to: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/probate-and-family-court-rules\/probate-and-family-court-standing-order-2-20-court-operations-under\">https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/probate-and-family-court-rules\/probate-and-family-court-standing-order-2-20-court-operations-under<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To see the case that established Reconciliation Agreements go to: <a href=\"http:\/\/masscases.com\/cases\/sjc\/457\/457mass283.html\">http:\/\/masscases.com\/cases\/sjc\/457\/457mass283.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>#divorcemediation, #divorcereconsiliationagreement, #maritalagreements, #covid19reconciliationagreement<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mediate a Reconciliation Agreement. (Also called a \u201cpostnuptial\u201d or \u201cmarital\u201d agreement.) A Reconciliation Agreement tries to reconcile differences while admitting the possibility of divorce. It sets out rights and obligations each would have to follow if a divorce was filed. If there is a divorce, then the Reconciliation Agreement, by law, turns into a Separation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,126,87,66,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-considering-divorce","category-covid-19-sensitive-divorce","category-cut-costs-in-divorce","category-mediation-divorce","category-divorce-process"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The courts are closed, think about mediating a Reconcilliation Agreement.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The divorce court is closed, it is time to mediate a Reconciliation Agreement. 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