News
Blog
Collaborative divorce offers options to court battles
Maura Ammenheuser, The Tennessean, 7:39 a.m. EDT March 21, 2013 Instead of litigating a split, approach focuses on cooperation, keeping the peace. Divorce has a bad rep. The idea conjures thoughts of angry spouses and dueling attorneys disputing everything from money...
Steps to a Peaceful Divorce
By Ashley Davis Bush, LCSW Psychotherapist and author of "Simple Self Care for Therapists" Huffington Post, Posted: 01/25/2012 12:21 pm EST Peaceful divorce -- sound like a paradox? In our society, even though more than half of our marriages will end in divorce, we...
A New Cadre of Experts Helps Women Navigate Their Divorces
By PENELOPE GREEN, JULY 18, 2015, New York Times The women are architects, film industry executives, skin care consultants, product managers at tech companies, psychologists. They have worked in finance, publishing and television, though some had scaled back or left...
'Collaborative divorce' can save time and money
POSTED: Friday, July 3, 2015, 1:08 AM, Philly.com By Debra Denison Cantor and Ann V. LevinWhile many associate the word divorce with painful and messy, a new emphasis on conflict resolution has led to a specialty known as "collaborative divorce." Gaining traction in...
Legal costs, litigants' anguish spared
As attorneys, we know there are no winners in divorce litigation. Ultimately, everyone loses because of the money, time, and hostility involved (" 'Collaborative divorce' can save time and money," July 3). In the collaborative divorce process, where disputes are...
Video: Successful Co-Parenting A Child's View
The Successful Co-Parenting program was created by Ohio State University Extension for parents going through divorce. It aims to teach parents how to co-parent together cooperatively for the benefit of their child. This video was created to use with the program to...
Social Security and Divorce: How Social Security Benefits are affected
From DivorceNet.com Are you receiving Social Security Benefits and getting a divorce? You may be able to claim benefits based on your former spouse's work record. If you were married to someone for ten years or more and then divorced, you may be able to claim...
The Financial Impact of Divorce
Jun 14, 2012 By Craig Guillot for Mint Life Divorce is not only an emotionally trying experience, but it can be a financially devastating one, as well. According to the web site Maritalstatus.com, the average cost of a divorce in the United States now runs about...
Amiable Unhitching, With a Prod
By JANE GROSS Published: May 20, 2004, New York Times WHITE PLAINS— MICHELLE GESKY'S first divorce took three years, tens of thousands of dollars and incalculable heartache. A settlement was reached before trial, but not without appearances before the judge and the...
South Carolina Judge’s Remarks Highlight the Benefits of Collaborative Process
Judge Paul Garfinkel of the 9th Judicial Circuit, Family Court, in Charleston, South Carolina, recently offered some sobering thoughts to the parents and their counsel, before the start of a custody trial. “I want to make a few comments to you about how important it...