Here are some quick keys for how to find and hire a Collaborative attorney. In 2001, Texas passed the First Collaborative Law statute in the United States, then after the Collaborative Divorce Process evolved, in 2011, a much more extensive statute was passed. Since the first Collaborative Law statute was passed in Texas in 2001, many other states and the Uniform Laws Commission of the United States (which seeks to make all states’ laws uniform) passed its own Collaborative Law statute. The … [Read more...]

Do Children of Divorce Need Counseling? In my practice, I regularly suggest counseling for the children of parents in conflict because, when the parents are so embroiled in their own conflict or pain, they are sometimes unable to recognize their children’s emotional needs in the way that they need to. When any of us are in deep conflict or pain, we revert to our more primal reactions without even realizing it–we basically can become like helpless children. Brain scientists tell us that we … [Read more...]