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In order to save the parties stress and money in a divorce case, the best thing they could do is work together to figure out how to resolve their case. Have their attorneys, their accountants, work together to figure out how to resolve their case. And if they’re able to do that in a cooperative

Collaborative divorce is when each of you wanna work together to resolve your divorce case. You each have an attorney. There’s one neutral forensic accountant. There’s one facilitator who’s usually psychologist that’s assigned to your case, and the four professionals will have meetings to discuss your case, figure out what the issues are, work together

So people always ask about collaborative divorce more than a traditional divorce. Well, if you have two attorneys that work well together, or two attorneys that are told by their clients to work well together, you can do a cooperative divorce. You can collaborate together. It’s just not collaborative per the rules. What that means

Collaborative divorce is a tool that parties can utilize if they’re all on the same page, if they’re all in agreement that they want to get this done in a friendly manner, divorce in a friendly manner, and they wanna work together and be open and honest, it’s a great tool, great process. I’ve been

There’s common misconceptions about alimony for high earners that you’re gonna have to pay 50% of your income to your spouse. Not true. You’re gonna have to pay them forever. Not true. You’re gonna have to cut your lifestyle in order to pay them. Possibly true. Each case is fact specific. People need to understand

Mediation and divorce case is a great tool and has to be utilized by court order. Unless you settle your case at the beginning and everybody’s great, you’re gonna end up in a mediation. Number one, you’d be utilized to set all case. Number two, you could be utilized in order to be a fact

In order to protect a business during your marriage, if you do not have a prenuptial agreement, there’s multiple ways that can be handled. Number one, you can divest yourself with the business. Number two, you can make it part of a trust. Number three is a corporation where people are different ownership levels. There’s

A parenting plan is the overall document that you draft and enter into, or the court orders at the end of a case. Part of a parenting plan is a time sharing schedule, so people think they’re two different things. A timesharing plan is incorporated in a parenting plan. It’s part of it.

Domestic violence can have a huge impact on a divorce case as it starts out or during it because a domestic violence injunction, if issued, can grant one party exclusive use and occupancy of the residency, which means the one party can have to leave the house, create a separate residence. Now we got two

If somebody thinks they’re gonna get divorced, and they are, let’s say the payee, meaning the one that’s gonna get the support they need to understand how their lifestyle’s gonna change, and they gotta start planning ahead. Are they gonna be working? Where do they wanna work? What job are they gonna get? Are they