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Collaborative Divorce Is The Right Tool For the Job

December 13, 2019 By Esther Donald

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The collaborative divorce process can help you achieve your divorce goals.  The following article, originally featured in Park Cities People, explains why collaborative divorce is the right tool for the job. If you are contemplating or facing divorce, do you have any of the following goals: Staying in your house;Keeping your children in their current private school or desirable public school district;Making sure college tuition and expenses will be paid;Maintaining a good post-divorce … [Read more...]

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The Rise in After Retirement Divorce

November 20, 2019 By Aishah McCoy

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My family law practice handles a sizeable number of “grey divorces.”  “Grey divorce” clients have been married to their respective spouses for decades.  Over the years, through season after season, their relationships have evolved and changed.  At some point, these changes have meant an end to the vows of staying together until “death do us part.”  Statistics indicate that there has been a rise of divorces amongst people over the age of 50 years old.   As the life … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Aishah McCoy, Blog, Lawyer Perspective on Collaborative Divorce, Our-Featured-Authors

Avoiding “Death by Divorce”: How a Collaborative Divorce Preserves Relationships

June 19, 2019 By Rhonda Cleaves Leave a Comment

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Raise your hand if you know someone who has been divorced. Maybe it’s your friends. Maybe it’s your parents. Maybe it’s you. Keep your hand raised if you know someone who has been through a Collaborative Divorce….. That’s not nearly as many hands in the air as there should be. Why? Because anyone considering divorce needs to know that a Collaborative Divorce can protect all of the people and relationships we care about. Divorce does not have to burn your world to the ground. Play out this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Lawyer Perspective on Collaborative Divorce, Our-Featured-Authors, Rhonda Cleaves Tagged With: collaborative divorce, Divorce, Divorce Process

Is Collaborative Divorce Right for You?

April 18, 2017 By Dick Price Leave a Comment

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If you are facing a divorce, or thinking about filing for divorce, you may have discovered that there are several different paths you can follow in a divorce. The traditional path is litigation and just about any attorney can help you with that. Some people are choosing to do it themselves, without an attorney. That can work in very simple cases. Others focus on mediation, which is a good process, but attorneys should be involved. It is most often used in litigated cases. The newest process is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: •••, Blog, Lawyer Perspective on Collaborative Divorce, Our-Featured-Authors, Preparing for Divorce Tagged With: Benefits of Collaborative, Collaborative vs Litigation, Differences: CL and Litigation, Divorce Process

The Five Great Fears of Divorce

April 6, 2017 By Mark Lewis Leave a Comment

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In 1941, a few months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt spoke of the Four Freedoms – freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. In World War II, the Japanese army operated in China under what has come to be known as the Three All’s – kill all, burn all and loot all. Sayings need not be connected with uplifting events or good people to be remembered. They are memorable because they distill the essence of their time and tell … [Read more...]

Filed Under: •••, Blog, Co-Parenting After Divorce, Divorce and Emotion, Lawyer Perspective on Collaborative Divorce, Mark Lewis, Our-Featured-Authors Tagged With: children and divorce, Co-Parenting, Coping with Stress and Emotions in Divorce, Life After Divorce, Preserving Relationships, Psychological Issues, Self Improvement

Can You Hear Me NOW?

March 30, 2017 By Kurt Chacon Leave a Comment

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Divorce Coaching Can Vastly Improve Communication Can you imagine walking into court for a final hearing for your divorce case thinking you might be led away in handcuffs if you lose? That has to be a scary thought. And an outrageous one. People are almost never taken away in handcuffs at the end of divorce case. As a young lawyer, I once had a divorce case client with whom I had difficulty communicating. Because of my lack of experience, I did not recognize the highly emotional nature of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: •••, Blog, Divorce and Emotion, Kurt Chacon, Lawyer Perspective on Collaborative Divorce, Our-Featured-Authors, Resources for Divorce Tagged With: Coping with Stress and Emotions in Divorce, Divorce Coach, divorce counseling, Divorce Process, Psychological Issues

5 Good Reasons NOT to Choose a Collaborative Divorce

March 21, 2017 By Eric Beal Leave a Comment

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1. You want more enemies It is true that there is no guarantee that going through the litigation process will result in your spouse being your eternal enemy and no guarantee that going through the collaborative process will result in your spouse being respectful of you forever. But, reality is that no one likes to answer detailed, accusatory questions about themselves, and those types of things can and do happen routinely in the litigation process. Both detailed written discovery and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: •••, Blog, Eric Beal, Lawyer Perspective on Collaborative Divorce, Our-Featured-Authors Tagged With: Benefits of Collaborative, Collaborative vs Litigation, Differences: CL and Litigation, Divorce Process, Privacy

The Best Way to Divorce in Texas

February 9, 2017 By Harry Munsinger, J.D., Ph.D. Leave a Comment

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What’s the best way to divorce in Texas? You have two options: a collaborative divorce or litigation. A litigated divorce offers only three benefits, including forced discovery, a restraining order against family violence and a court ordered settlement. The collaborative process offers many benefits, including privacy, lower cost, transparency, client control, convenience, preserving family relationships, protecting children, allowing creative settlement solutions and minimizing post-divorce … [Read more...]

Filed Under: •••, Blog, Divorce and Children, Divorce and Finance, Harry Munsinger, Lawyer Perspective on Collaborative Divorce, Our-Featured-Authors Tagged With: Benefits of Collaborative, Collaborative vs Litigation, Divorce Process, Preserving Relationships, Privacy

Certification is Key to Collaborative Success

January 23, 2017 By Carla Calabrese Leave a Comment

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A challenging aspect to the collaborative divorce practice is the lack of expertise displayed in numerous attorneys participating in collaborative cases. At this point, any family lawyer can decide to dabble: but if the collaborative case doesn’t settle, the ripple effect greatly damages the overall process. The probability of a case terminating because it cannot reach settlement directly correlates with the lawyer’s collaborative experience and genuine commitment to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: •••, Blog, Carla Calabrese, Lawyer Perspective on Collaborative Divorce, Our-Featured-Authors Tagged With: Attorneys' Role, Benefits of Collaborative, Collaborative vs Litigation, Differences: CL and Litigation

What Happens in Collaborative vs. Litigated Divorces?

December 22, 2016 By Harry Munsinger, J.D., Ph.D. Leave a Comment

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There are major differences between a collaborative and litigated divorce. In a collaborative divorce, you control the outcome, your goals and interests are important, all information is shared openly, you negotiate a win-win settlement, avoid harm to your children and save money. In a litigated divorce, the attorneys control the case, your goals and interests are secondary, information is hidden, each side attempts to win, the children are often placed in the middle and litigation costs … [Read more...]

Filed Under: •••, Blog, Harry Munsinger, Lawyer Perspective on Collaborative Divorce, Our-Featured-Authors, Preparing for Divorce Tagged With: Collaborative vs Litigation, Differences: CL and Litigation, Divorce Process, Privacy

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Communicate, compromise and connect through the collaborative divorce process. Your spouse steps into your room and says: “We need to talk.” Immediately, your stress level jumps and you feel … [Read More...]

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