Divorce with Dignity Mediation Services
Anju D. Jessani, MBA, APM
Accredited Professional Mediator

Family & Divorce Mediation Services
223 Bloomfield Street, Suite #104, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030
Phone # (201) 217-1090
Also, 42 Main Street, Clinton, NJ 08809
Phone # (908) 303-0396
(Please Direct Mail to Hoboken)
Email: ajessani@dwdmediation.org
Fax # (201) 217-1220
Website: http://www.dwdmediation.org

Divorce with Dignity is a family and divorce mediation practice conveniently located in downtown Hoboken, New Jersey, three blocks from the Path station, and also in downtown Clinton, New Jersey. Office hours are by appointment, and some evening hours are available. Fees are affordable and are on a pay-as-you-go basis with no retainer. We offer a free one-half-hour consultation so that you may decide whether mediation is appropriate for you. We also publish a brochure with frequently asked questions on mediation. Please call for your free brochure or to schedule your free consultation.

During the course of the mediation process, clients identify all issues that need to be addressed. The mediator will begin by helping you prepare budgets, work through the child support guidelines and parenting/visitation schedules, and also assist you in dividing the marital assets. At the end of the mediation, she will prepare a Memorandum of Understanding that summarizes the agreement reached in the mediation process. Clients are advised to retain separate counsel to review this agreement. Clients then arrange for an attorney or other qualified individual to prepare a settlement agreement based on the decisions agreed upon in the Memorandum of Understanding.

Divorce with Dignity is completely familiar with the divorce and child support issues that relate to New Jersey and New York cases. We also specialize in providing post-divorce mediation services. Changes in circumstances as well as the child's age may necessitate new arrangements. We provide mediation to families, stepfamilies, domestic partners, grandparents, and extended families.

Anju D. Jessani, MBA, APM
Accredited Professional Mediator


Anju Jessani is the founder of Divorce with Dignity, and is also a family and divorce mediator with the firm. She received her academic training at the Center for Family and Divorce Mediation in New York, and conducted her practical training through Hudson County Court's Mediation Program (NJ). She serves on the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts' Parenting Time Advisory Committee and is on the AOC approved list of civil and family mediators.

Anju is committed to making the divorce process more cooperative and respectful, as well as more cost-effective. She has contributed to professional journals and has also participated in media talk shows on the subject of divorce reform. She is an Advanced Practitioner Member of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), an Accredited Professional Mediator by the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators (NJAPM), and a Member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC). She serves on the NJAPM Board of Directors and is President of NJAPM for the term of 10/1/05 - 9/30/07.

Anju also serves as a securities mediator and arbitrator. She brings extensive experience in financial planning, real estate, taxation, pensions and contract negotiation to the mediation field. Additionally she has experience in counseling and training. She holds an MBA from The Wharton School (1983), and a BA from Rutgers University (1979). Prior to founding Divorce with Dignity, Anju was a manager with Price Waterhouse, and most recently, a Vice President with J.P. Morgan. Her involvement in mediation and divorce reform arose from her divorce through mediation in 1994. She is both a mother and a stepmother.

Articles:



• New Jersey's "Irreconcilable Differences" Divorce Grounds - Facilitating the Pathway to a More Peaceful Divorce Process by Anju D. Jessani
  
• Six Steps to Getting Divorced in New Jersey After Mediation by Anju D. Jessani
  
• New Jersey Uniform Mediation Act, and What it Means to Divorcing Couples by Anju D. Jessani
  
• Deconstructing the Divorce Mediation Process - One Practitioner's Approach by Anju D. Jessani
  
• Starter Marriages - Top Ten Differences in Divorce Mediation by Anju D. Jessani
  
• Choosing a Matrimonial Attorney - A Mediator's Perspective by Anju D. Jessani
  
• 401(k) and Other Defined Contribution Plans in Divorce Mediation by Anju D. Jessani
  
• Documenting Marital Lifestyle - In Light of the Crews Decision by Anju D. Jessani
  
• For Separated and Divorced Parents: Important Changes for Your 1999 Tax Return by Anju D. Jessani
  
• 10 Common Mistakes and Oversights in Divorce Agreements (Related to the Children) by Anju D. Jessani
  
• Why Can't I Visit Little Red Riding Hood? by Anju D. Jessani
  
• What Does Equitable Distribution Mean? by Anju D. Jessani
  
• New Jersey Statutory Citation on Prenuptial Agreements by Anju D. Jessani
  
• Mediation and Prenuptial Agreements by Anju D. Jessani
  
• Applying the "New" New Jersey Child Support Guidelines by Anju D. Jessani
  
• Overview of the Psychology of Money by Anju D. Jessani
  
• Check Your Credit by Anju D. Jessani
  
• The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 by Anju D. Jessani
  
• FAQs About Divorce Mediation by Anju D. Jessani
  
• The House-What Happens in Divorce-Don't Ignore the Tax Consequences by Anju D. Jessani
  
• Out-of-Network Medical Costs for the Children and Mediation by Anju D. Jessani
  
• Collaborative Mediation - A Hybrid Solution for Complex and/or Higher Conflict Mediation Cases by Anju D. Jessani
  
  
  

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