
What about the Travis Kelce Taylor Swift Prenup???
Someone pointed out to me that Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are engaged and will get married. Great news! Of course, that brings up the

My Thoughts on what the terms of Kelly and Matthew Stafford’s Generous Prenup might be.
Kelly Stafford has been in the news lately. She is the spouse of Los Angeles Rams star player Matthew Stafford. Aside from being the mother

My Thoughts on My Yahoo News Interview about the Bezos-Sanchez prenup and the Mackenzie Scott settlement
I was interviewed by Kaitlin Reilly, a journalist for Yahoo News, for an article published on Friday, June 27 about my views on prenups, the

The Gray Prenup: Should Senior Couples Get Prenups?
Congratulations! You have found love again after your peaceful (or not-so-peaceful) divorce from spouse #1. You have decided that you want to live together

Mediator as Truth Sayer
As posted on Huffington Post on October 23, 2014. The most important factor in mediation success and not allowing the mediator’s “truth” derail the process

Should We Really Have a Prenup? — Part II
Brian Page, is doing wonderful work on improving marriages in his website, Modern Husbands. Here’s the second article I wrote for him – “Should We

What is a Prenup Lite, and How to Get One
By Laurie Israel I’m a prenup attorney and mediator. After a long law career that included divorce, estate planning, tax law, and other related fields,

Life Lessons Learned from Ted Lasso
By Laurie Israel — I heard about Ted Lasso, the TV series, from many of my friends, who said it was wonderful and well-worth watching.

Happy Life, Happy Wife
As published on my former law site, Israel, Van Kooy LLC, and on mediate.com. Did you ever hear the expression “Happy Wife, Happy Life”? This

Should We Really Have a Prenup? (Part 1)
I’m very pleased to report that my newest article on prenups, “Should We Really Have a Prenup? (Part I) is now live. (See link below.)

What about Next Time? — Prenups for Second Marriages
You are about to finalize your divorce, and hopefully have had a positive experience of planning for the next phase of your life. Divorce is

What’s in a Face
“Faces always talk too much. One line and all their plans are revealed.” — Floriano Martins Martins, a Brazilian poet, is not the only commentator who believes