The general consensus amongst collaborative divorce attorneys is that the best way to get your spouse onboard with the Collaborative Process is to take a subtly persuasive, low-pressure approach. When a potential client contacts Kales & Kales and asks how to present the concept of Collaborative Divorce to their...
Read moreFrom a financial perspective, the answer is most of the time. In our experience, a typical collaborative divorce costs about 30% – 50% less than a divorce where the spouses fully litigate their case (i.e., where they do formal discovery, have preliminary hearings, conduct depositions, go to trial, etc.)....
Read moreThe process is simple, is done entirely in writing, and requires no court appearances or office visits: Step 1: Our lawyers draft a Marital Settlement Agreement on your behalf. Step 2: Once you and your spouse sign the Marital Settlement Agreement, our lawyers file a Complaint for Divorce on your...
Read moreKales & Kales is proud to announce Jonathan Kales was elected by his peers to serve as president-elect of the Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia, the largest collaborative divorce practice group in Virginia, and will serve as the group’s president in 2014. CPNV’s members are divorce lawyers, mental health...
Read moreJonathan Kales’ collaborative divorce client, Dick White, and his wife, Margie, were on CNN in a piece about divorce after 50. . Just six months after their divorce, they come across as warm, well adjusted, and still caring very much for one another. How are these folks able to do...
Read morePower Couple: a couple, where both members have tremendously successful careers, or are politically powerful, or are celebrities, or all three. What are some examples: Barack and Michelle Obama, Jay-Z and Beyoncé, James Carville and Mary Matalin, Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra, and Amy and Jonathan Kales. What? You say Amy...
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