Archives for January 2010
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Divorce Without The Devastation
The traditional process of ending a marriage can be financially and emotionally ruinous. Many in Fairfax, and throughout Northern Virginia, are finding not so with collaborative divorce. A recent article by a Toronto attorney highlights some of the reasons why the collaborative process leads to better divorces:
There’s no getting around it – divorce is painful [...]
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5 Strategies For Saving Money In A Divorce
A recent Walletpop.com article indicates, as many people in Northern Virginia have found, collaborative divorce and divorce mediation are 2 ways to save money while divorcing:
The honeymoon has been over for a long time and in spite of your best efforts, the marriage is too. As you and your spouse approach the legal, financial [...]
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Retired Judge: Court-Based Divorce Is Out Of Order, Alternatives Such As Collaboration And Mediation Generate Less Expense And Stress
Echoing the sentiments of many legal professionals in Northern Virginia, a Los Angeles Times article offers the sentiments of a retired California judge that people should avoid court, if at all possible, in their divorces:
Want a divorce? Fine, but stay out of court.
That’s the message from former Judge Roderic Duncan, who spent a decade deciding [...]
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Zen And The Art Handling A Divorce
Mel Huff, in a 2007 article in the Times Argus, a Vermont newspaper, profiled Nanci Smith, an attorney who utlizes mediation and collaborative law to get her clients through divorce with less pain:
After slugging it out in court for 15 years as litigator in family law, Nanci Smith has concluded that there’s often a better [...]
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University Of Virginia School Of Law Offers Clinic Focused On Mediation And Collaboration
The University of Virginia School of Law, for the first time this academic year, offers a clinic designed to help families resolve divorce, custody, visitation and support issues, through mediation and collaboration.
“All year long, students are going to be given opportunities to observe mediations and collaborative practice cases, and to actually participate in those,” clinic [...]
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Collaborative Divorce vs. Mediation
San Francisco Collaborative Divorce attorney Pauline H. Tesler, in a video, answers the Frequently Asked Question: “How is Collaborative Divorce different from mediation?”
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Collaborative Divorce And Your Children
San Francisco Collaborative Divorce attorney Pauline Tesler, in a video, answers the Frequently Asked Question: “How will a Collaborative Divorce affect my children?”
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How Is Collaborative Divorce Different From Litigation?
San Francisco divorce lawyer and Collaborative Divorce attorney Pauline Tesler, in a video, answers the Frequently Asked Question: “How is Collaborative Divorce different from litigation?”
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Collaborative Law Can Take Some Of The Animosity Out Of Divorce
A couple of Texas lawyers, in an article in the Statesman, address questions about Collaborative Divorce: How is collaborative law different from traditional litigation? Who should — and shouldn’t — use collaborative law? How much money and time does the process take? What kind of solutions have families worked out through collaborative law?
Jennifer Tull [...]