By Kristina George, CPA, Certified Financial Planner ® and a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst.® While marriage may be all about love, it has been said that divorce is all about money. I’m not sure that’s always true, but what I do know is that during a divorce, there is an overwhelming amount of personal and financial …
The Difference Between Collaborative Divorce and Mediation
By Kate Morneau, Esq. Collaborative Attorney. I often get asked, “What is the difference between Collaborative Divorce and Mediation?” in an initial consultation with a potential client. It’s a great question and I love talking about the benefits of each process. At the end of the day, not many people want to go to Court …
Look Forward by Looking Back
By Diane Gaspar, Esq. Collaborative Attorney We have all heard the expression, “hindsight is 20/20” and we know this means that when we look at past events we can see very clearly where we went wrong, how we could have done better or how we could have avoided mistakes. That happens to me when …
Why Choose a Collaborative Divorce – Coach’s Perspective
By Caren Rifkin, LICSW, Collaborative Coach Everyone has heard, or you may have yourself experienced, a divorce horror story. The unfortunate part in many of these stories is that much of the pain and suffering within them may be a result of the divorce process rather than the divorce itself. Sadly, the traditional litigated divorce …
Why Choose Collaborative Divorce – Attorney’s Perspective
By Collaborative Divorce Attorney Liz LaRochelle from Morneau Law What is Collaborative Divorce? Before understanding why Collaborative Divorce can make such a huge difference in the family law context—it is important to first understand what it is. In Collaborative Law, the traditional adversarial paradigm is shifted to instead provide clients with the support, information, …