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In this issue:

Firm Announcement:
Feature profile: Maritoni Acosta

Useful Articles:
1. RELATIONSHIPS/DATING: Both Sides Now
2. MONEY MATTERS: Keeping Your Head above Water
3. CHILDREN/PARENTING: What Is the "Best" Time to Divorce?
4. MEDIATION: Divorce Mediation and Your Kids
5. TOTAL HEALTH: Taming Anger
6. JUMPSTART: Set Sail for a New Future

Maritoni A. Acosta, CFLS* is the head of FMBK’s Family Law Mediation Department. Toni is a Certified Family Law Specialist*. She graduated from UCLA in 1991 and Loyola Law School in 1994. Maritoni works closely with parties and their attorneys to resolve their family law matters as effectively as possible. She enjoys mediation as a way to resolve issues for the clients involved in a cost effective manner. Toni has served as chairperson of the Santa Monica Bar Association’s Family Law Section. Los Angeles Magazine had named Maritoni a SuperLawyer in 2006 and a Rising Star in 2004 and 2005. Toni can be contacted at macosta\@fmbklaw.com. *Maritoni A. Acosta is a Certified Family Law Specialist, the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.

1. RELATIONSHIPS/DATING
Both Sides Now
Putting children first means communicating calmly and effectively with the other parent.
(http://www.DivorceMagazine.com/c/s3?relationships/bothsides)

2. MONEY MATTERS
Keeping Your Head above Water
How to make it through your divorce without going broke.
(http://www.DivorceMagazine.com/c/s3?financial/headabovewater)

3. CHILDREN/PARENTING
What Is the "Best" Time to Divorce?
Should you stay together until your children are a little older, or is it better to make a clean break now?
(http://www.DivorceMagazine.com/c/s3?children/besttime)

4. MEDIATION
Divorce Mediation and Your Kids
Mediation can help separated or divorced parents to work together to plan for their children\'s well-being.
(http://www.DivorceMagazine.com/c/s3?mediation/divorcemediationkids)

5. TOTAL HEALTH
Taming Anger
Anger not faced doesn\'t go away; it is redirected. A "divorce hangover" begins when anger becomes directed toward whatever or whomever (including yourself) you consider responsible for the divorce.
(http://www.DivorceMagazine.com/c/s3?health/taminganger)

6. JUMPSTART
Set Sail for a New Future
Chart a course for a new life that you love.
(http://www.DivorceMagazine.com/c/s3?jumpstart/setsail)