Collaborative Law Institute Blog – Family Law Attorneys & Professionals
Wise Mind in Divorce: Balancing Logic and Emotion
Financial decisions are some of the toughest issues to work through in divorce. Deciding how to divide up assets or liabilities or devising long-term support scenarios to cover the expenses of two homes can be difficult. When you add in the emotions related to...
So You Think You Want a Divorce
Did you wake up today and think to yourself, out of the blue, “I want a divorce.”? Not likely. Often divorce lingers in one’s mind and consumes one’s thoughts more months, even years. Contemplating divorce involves a lengthy process of weighing pros and cons, thinking...
Getting Unmarried: 5 Tips for Managing the Cost Of Divorce
Your divorce, regardless of process will not be free. While a free divorce is impossible you can self manage many of the costs of your divorce. In my work as a financial neutral working with couples and individuals going through divorce there are five key tips I have...
Divorce: Preserving What You Can
Divorce means loss. It cannot be denied that a marriage is ending. However, the actual process of divorce can be one of preserving many things that do not have to be lost; including the well-being of your children, your emotional and financial well-being and even the...
The Importance of Attachment: Part I
Attachment is the term used to describe the emotional relationship between two people. The earliest and most significant attachment develops between an infant and his or her primary caregivers. This attachment is based on how consistently, accurately and soothingly...
When You Feel Helpless, Help Someone
Divorce brings up many feelings, including feeling helpless. Sometimes you feel like your life is spinning out of your own control and you are left helpless. There is a quote by Aung San Suu Kyi that reads, “When you feel helpless, help someone.” So what does that...
Shared Narrative: How to Talk About Divorce
In a divorce, parents often wonder how to tell the children about the dissolution. This can be particularly difficult if the parents have a strained relationship or if the parents disagree on divorcing. Research shows that coming up with positive ways to talk to kids...
How to Interview a Divorce Lawyer
If you are facing the possibility of a divorce, choosing a divorce lawyer could be one of the most important decisions in your life. Divorce is unfair. It forces you to make some of the most difficult decisions in your life at a time when you might be least able to do...
The Value of a Wise Investment
I’m not always a very wise shopper. I tend to fall into the trap of thinking something is a good deal if I save money. And at least in the short term, my cheaper purchase may do just fine. But inevitably, cheap purchases lack staying power and don’t hold...
What it Means to go to Trial in a Divorce
Our last blog post from Daisy Camp discussed ways you can avoid going to trial in a divorce. The last thing anyone wants is to go to trial, but sometimes going to trial is simply unavoidable. The good thing is, less than 5 percent of divorce cases go to trial, but...
