What Is the Law?

When confronted with an oncoming divorce or separation, most clients instinctively and anxiously want to know “what the law is” in their case.  There are actually two answers to that question, one of which is rarely ever addressed by family law...

Hidden Damage of Divorce: Losing a Child’s Therapist

Some of the destruction of an ugly adversarial divorce is obvious:  tens of thousands in legal fees for each party, annihilation of the family finances, arguments, personal attacks, stress on the parents and kids, etc…We can all readily identify these known...

Hard Won Wisdom

The story of Regina DeMeo as chronicled in the Washington Post this weekend is one of hard won wisdom.  She was a traditional litigation divorce attorney:  Get the facts and numbers, prepare the case, take it to court.  That also meant largely ignoring...

The Benefits of Conflict

Most people have negative reactions to conflict.  We associate the word with fighting and arguing.  So, most of us to some degree are conflict averse.   That is, we try to avoid conflict when possible.  It makes us...

Suze Orman Recommends Collaborative Divorce

If there is any remaining doubt about the popularity of Collaborative Divorce, it should now be put to rest.  When Suze Orman and Oprah Magazine recommend it, it is officially mainstream.  Suze Orman is the Queen of smart money.  She knows a smart...