Matthew Brickman Forges A New Path For Same Sex Marriage And Divorce In Florida

Chris Powers

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• Publié par: seorumer
• Publié le: 04 février 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• Langue: English

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FORGES A NEW PATH FOR FLORIDA

ByMatthew Brickman

Matthew Brickman, a leading family and divorce mediator in Florida and founder of iMediate Inc., has helped to support same-sex marriage quality for gay marriage and divorce being one of the first mediation groups to provide premarital marriage education and divorce mediation to the LGBT community. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.-Feb. 2, 2016-- Same-sex marriage in Florida became legal on January 6, 2015, as a result of a temporary injunction issued by a U.S. district court in the case of Brenner v. Scott, in which the state'ssame-sex marriage banhad been found unconstitutional on August 21, 2014. As iMediate Inc began to offer same-sex pre-marriage education and same-sex divorce mediation services. Matthew Brickman was one of the first to publicly address the issue in Florida where none of the 10 family court judges in the 15th Judicial Circuit (Palm Beach County) would be signing off on any same-sex divorces until the Supreme Court later in 2015. On June 26th, the US Supreme Court has struck down the bans on same-sex marriage in ahistoric 5-4 ruling. In the State of Florida this meant that the gay, lesbian and transgender community can get married and also get divorced as well. He posted a video "2015 Same Sex Marriage and Divorce -The Year in Recap" on his YouTube Channel which can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5UTNtvECRE

As cases began coming in Mr. Brickman also addressed the issues associated with these marriages included the fact that same sex marriages were creating caselaw and normality within the judicial system one case at a time. He also highlighted how heterosexual couples have a husband and wife but same sex couples only have spouses. Also if there are children are involved, the child is most certainly not born within the marriage. Hear details about the first same sex mediation divorce conducted by Mr. Brickman in thisvideo interview. Case History and Challenges That We Faced: • The judge iŶitiallLJ ǁasŶ't sure theLJ Đouldtake jurisdiction over the case so it was delayed. • The U.S. Supreŵe Court ruliŶg iŶ JuŶe ϮϬϭ5 alloǁed the judge to ŵoǀe forǁard with the case. • The relatioŶship origiŶallLJ ďegaŶ as a Điǀil uŶioŶ iŶ the late ϮϬϬϬ's iŶ a state that allowed same sex marriage. • The tǁo ǁoŵeŶ iŶ the relatioŶship had a Đhild so there ǁas a ďiologiĐal ŵother who got pregnant through in vitro fertilization and a legal mother. • The pareŶtiŶg plaŶ had to ďe geŶder Ŷeutral, Ŷot "Moŵ" or "Dad", it had to saLJ "parent". • The plaŶ Đould not read "Parent 1" and "Parent 2" as to not create a powerplay. • The laŶguage had to ďe edžtreŵelLJ edžpliĐit to address the speĐifiĐ laŶguage that schools and medical institutions require to allow the legal parent access to records (the biological parent is already entitled to these rights). • EŵotioŶs raŶ edžtreŵelLJ high ǁith the ǁoŵeŶ as there ǁas a true oǁŶership of the child and the child was a possession. He went on to say, "Creating the parenting plan was a delicate tightrope of issues to walk...but we got through it."

Key Takeaways and Major Wins in a Same-Sex Mediation Divorce Case: 1.Having the court recognize the civil union, domestic partnership or marriage of the two parties is huge. 2.Having the court recognize that the children are the children of the parties (one delegated the biological and one the legal parent). 3.Shared parental responsibility is a major win even though this is standard practice in conventional divorce. 4.50/50 Timesharing. Conducting same-sex divorces takes patience, skill, understanding and absolutely no judgement, condemnation or bias. All political, personal and religious beliefs must be left at the door more than ever. More information is available at the following page on the corporate website: http://www.ichatmediation.com/same-sex-marriage-divorce/

iMediate Inc has been prepared to handle same-sex divorce for months in anticipation of this decision and also handles mediation for a variety of matters including small claims, civil, and family cases involving disputes between couples with children, building contractors, small business mergers, bedding stores, auto accidents through State Farm Insurance, landscaping companies, neighbor disputes, construction companies and even home owners associations. More information is available at the following page on the corporate website: http://www.ichatmediation.com/same-sex-marriage-divorce/ For more information onsame-sex marriage premarital counselingandsame-sex divorce mediationcontact Matthew Brickman at [phone] or call **iMediate from any cell phone and visithttp://www.ichatmediation.com Check hismediation calendarfor availability to schedule your next mediation. About Matthew Brickman: Matthew Brickmanthe Supreme Court of Florida as a countyhas been certified by civil family mediator who has worked in the 15th and 19th Judicial Circuit Courts since 2009 and 2006 respectively. He is also an appellate certified mediator who has mediated a variety of small claims, civil, and family cases that number in the hundreds. If you are a law firm and wish to schedule your mediation you can use this form to schedule your mediation online:Law Firm Scheduler If you are an individual and wish to schedule your mediation you can use this form to schedule your mediation online:Individual Mediation Scheduler

iChatMediation - Family Mediation Services 1200 Town Center Drive #424 Jupiter, FL 33458 [phone] [phone] or call **iMediate from any cell phone

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