Many people recognize that if they “lawyer up” by hiring the most litigious attorneys that they are asking to have a very expensive adversarial divorce. Saving money is one of the reasons (but hopefully not the only reason) people often choose to do a collaborative...
A very frequent question I am asked in my practice is do I need premarital (or sometimes referred to as a Prenuptial) Agreement. A premarital agreement can be important to someone for a variety of different reasons. The first important aspect of deciding whether...
What are the steps and timing involved in obtaining a divorce in California? This is one of the first questions you will probably ask when you meet your lawyer, coach, or financial professional. To get a divorce in California, three steps are required: The filing of...
Thank you to Brad Reid and the Huffington Post for this blog article. Collaborate law is a variation of non-adversarial alternative dispute resolution. Specific collaborative law techniques have been discussed for about thirty years and fifteen or so states have...
More and more people are turning to Collaborative Practice professionals for divorce and other family law matters. But when you hear about a “team” that sounds expensive! Here is an explanation, written by a family law attorney, of why working with a...