It is often said that a divorce is 95% emotional and only 5% legal. A divorce is a life crisis, with intense emotional reactions, such as anger, fear, guilt, and despair. In the midst of this emotional soup, you must make huge decisions regarding your finances and...
Everyone wants to spend as little as possible on a divorce – even more so if the divorce is not something you want. I had a potential client call me to ask about my services. She wanted to know why she and her spouse couldn’t or shouldn’t prepare their own legally...
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...
When thinking or talking about getting a divorce, it is very easy to fall into the cycle of who’s right, who’s wrong, what’s fair, what’s not fair and who’s to blame. Yet, such judgments and score keeping are more of a distraction than a help. What you most need is...