Collaborative Law Institute Blog – Family Law Attorneys & Professionals
Vacation Time After Divorce
Divorcing parents often wonder how vacations are treated in a parenting plan. There are often three types of vacation options addressed in divorce. Vacation during parenting time. Often parents are each allowed to take unlimited vacations during their scheduled...
Getting Unmarried: Taking the Stress Out of Financial Discussions
Getting married is about love. Well the tide turns when a couple decides to get unmarried or divorced. Divorce is then about money and kids and hopefully not in that order. Being prepared to have financial discussions with your spouse, financial neutral specialist, or...
Empty Nest Collaborative Divorce
People who are facing divorce after many years of marriage, or just later in life, face unique challenges. They are less connected by the need to provide daily care and financial support for their children. They also may be facing other life changes such as upcoming...
Beginning the New School Year
The beginning of a new school year is all about the juxtaposition of continuity and change. We all remember the mix of excitement, anxiety, hope and worry that accompany this time of transition for children. Parents want their kids to settle in safely and achieve...
Budget Your Way to a New Life – Part Two: Future Focus
If you have created an estimated monthly budget for your new household after a divorce, know that it will likely change down the road. You may discover after a few months that your spending estimates were unrealistic in some areas while other areas of spending were...
Part II – Advocacy in the “Interest-Based” Collaborative Model
In Part I we learned that “rights-based” advocacy in the Court Model is hard on the problem but also hard on the people. Advocacy in the “interest-based” Collaborative Model is also hard on the problem, but SOFT on the people. How is this possible? In the...
Delaying Marriage is Risky Business
Why are less and less couples getting married? Is it because their parent’s marriages failed? Is it because they don’t see any benefit to marriage? Is it because every wedding appears to be a $20,000 extravagant country club affair? Maybe, as was written in a recent...
Where Will the Kids Go to School?
It is not uncommon for parents to disagree on school choice. Sometimes parents have differing opinions on the curriculum of a school or certain teachers or even location or class schedule. When children are at natural school moves (such as entering junior high or high...
But Where Will I Go Trick or Treating?
The psychologist Anthony Wolf wrote a book about divorce and kids entitled Why Do You Have to Get a Divorce? And Can I Still Get a Hamster? I love the title of this book, because it identifies both the big picture concerns and the day to day questions children will...
Helping Your Grandchildren through Divorce
When you find out your son or daughter is getting a divorce, your first thought will often be about their children; your grandchildren. How will the children be affected by all of this? And how can you help; or avoid hurting the situation? During the 31 years I have...
