Apps to Help Ease the Divorce Transition

Technology is making a lot of things easier these days. We have apps for almost everything, some more useful than others. One way apps can be very useful is in helping families handle the practical challenges of co-parenting during and after a divorce.   This article...

Legal Resolution v. Conflict Resolution

I expect that any experienced attorney, and especially any experienced divorce attorney, has experienced the difference between resolving the legal issues in a case and resolving the conflict in a case. There is a big difference.   There are many family law cases in...

The Downside of Marriage?

As a society and culture, most of us view marriage as an unqualified positive.  A hard thing.  But a positive and beneficial thing. This article from The Atlantic explores what people may be giving up when they get married.  These losses can include extended support...

Great Expectations

Clients frequently ask me in a first consult how long a collaborative divorce process takes. And I spend a lot of time thinking about what makes cases so different and why some move faster than others. One of the biggest variables I’ve found is the set of...

Divorcing Without Losing Your Communities

One of the saddest, but most common losses in divorce occurs when one or both spouses lose their communities as a result of the divorce (perhaps even sadder is when divorce causes children to lose their communities, but that is another story for another day).   These...