EARLY NEUTRAL EVALUATION IN DIVORCE CASES |
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| Authors: | Jordan Leigh Santeramo |
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| Affiliation: | Jordan Leigh Santeramo is a student at Hofstra University School of Law (J.D. anticipated May 2004). She is Editor-in-Chief of the Hofstra Law Review;(Vol. 32) and winner of the 1L Hofstra/Lexis Moot Court Competition. She graduated from Hofstra University with a B.F.A. in Theater Arts in 2001. Upon graduation, she will clerk for Judge Irene Keeley in the Northern District of West Virginia, after which she will return to New York to work at the law firm Davis, Polk and Wardwell. |
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| Abstract: | Parties in a divorce case are faced with the challenge of dealing with highly charged emotional and financial issues simulataneously. Early Neutral Evaluation is a beneficial weapon in the dispute resolution arsenal that can help decrease the level of conflict between parties. This Note discusses the development of Early Neutral Evaluation as a form of dispute resolution and proposes the establishment of court-organized mandatory Early Neutral Evaluation programs to settle financial matters in a divorce case. |
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| Keywords: | Early Neutral Evaluation divorce equitable distribution matrimonial neutral alternate dispute resolution court-mandated |
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