To say that a collaborative divorce is less expensive than litigation or other traditional adversarial processes is generally true, but it is also a bit misleading. In truth, it is the complexity of the issues and the level of conflict in a matter that drive cost. However, the difference between the … [Read more...]
Attorney Representation Within a Collaborative Divorce Process: From Advocate to Ally
The collaborative commitment is a contractual agreement to NOT litigate your matter. As a result, helping you and your spouse reach resolution becomes the collaborative divorce attorney’s sole objective. There professional relationship is called a limited representation and is the very essence of … [Read more...]
PRIVACY DOES MATTER – SO EXPLORE ALTERNATIVES TO LITIGATION
Have you ever heard someone whose case went to trial talk about how wonderful it is to have private financial matters reviewed and discussed in detail in open court? Or how terrific it is to have the doors of their private family lives with their children flung wide open for everyone to scrutinize? … [Read more...]
KNOWING YOUR INTERESTS IS ESSENTIAL IF YOU ARE FACING DIVORCE
As our clients proceed through the divorce process, those who are most keenly aware of their interests generally have better outcomes than those who are not as aware of their interests. How can one identify one’s interests? Very simply, interests are those concerns, fears, needs, wants, desires, … [Read more...]
SUPREME COURT RULING PERMITS SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE IN OHIO
In a landmark ruling in the case known as Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court of the United States has extended the right to marry to same-sex couples nationwide. The ruling is effective in two weeks from the announcement of the Court's decision on June 26, 2015, and will reverse the bans to … [Read more...]
