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Mediation Helps Families Find Parenting Solutions
An Op-Ed in yesterday’s New York Times, by a marriage and family therapist, indicates, as many divorcing families in Fairfax, and throughout Northern Virginia, have found, mediation helps divorcing families find parenting solutions that best meet the needs of all concerned:
As we have just passed the 40th anniversary of that much vilified institution, [...]
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Divorce Dispute Resolution Verses Divorce Conflict Resolution
Almost every divorce attorney in Northern Virginia, whether in Fairfax or Loudoun or Prince William or Arlington or Alexandria, tells potential clients, “we settle most of our cases;” and, they’re being honest, at least to the extent they will help you settle the legal aspects of your case (property and debt, support, child custody and [...]
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How To Help Your Kids Through Separation and Divorce
In Fairfax County, and throughout Northern Virginia, we find a major benefit of the collaborative divorce process is it allows the parents to focus on what is truly best for their children. This is done by looking at the children’s interests and needs and, in some instances, using a child specialist to assist the parents [...]
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My Divorce Attorney Says He is Collaborative – What Should I Believe?
Recently, we, at Kales & Kales, have noticed an interesting problem surface in the Northern Virginia divorce arena, attorneys who tell clients they are “collaborative,” but who do not practice collaborative law, are not members of any collaborative law organizations, and are not even collaboratively trained, at least sufficiently. A Washington attorney recently blogged [...]
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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?”