Wendy Hickey

Q. My divorce has been a long and difficult process. We finally reached an agreement after mediating for over a year.

My wife and I are trying to mediate. We have several properties and we cannot agree on how much they are worth. We are also struggling to agree on who to hire to value the properties. The one thing we can agree on is the mediator scheduling a session just so we can talk in detail about the qualifications of the appraisers proposed by each counsel is a w

My 10-year-old daughter disclosed that she is being abused by her stepmother and is due to spend six weeks with her father and stepmother for the summer.

Q. My ex relocated to New York City for work a year ago. Before he moved, we had 50/50 custody of our children but now he rarely sees them and obviously cannot see them half the time.

Q. My husband and I agreed we would get long-term care insurance once our children finished college. Rather than retire together as planned, my husband filed for divorce.

Q. My daughter moved in with me two years ago from Mexico where she was living with her mother. She is 15 and just finished tenth grade.

Q. Ex husband worked for a company which was recently sold. He took an early retirement package as part of the sale. He is 59 and now considers himself retired.

Q. I was just served with a complaint for contempt by my ex-wife because I stopped paying alimony last month and stopped paying child support by agreement when our twins started college in 2024.