Divorce
How to Work Through the Stages of Divorce
Divorce’s emotional toll is often equated to the grief one feels when losing a family member or close friend. Often, it’s like a rollercoaster in a hurricane. Because grief is a part of divorce, it often works through you in various stages. Our mental health experts specialize in the collaborative divorce process and often discuss…
Read MoreWhat You Should Know About Facing Divorce in the New Year
Starting on the marital dissolution road in the New Year will not be easy, and many couples have no clue what to do or gather up as they start their separation journey – finances, custody, child support, debt division and alimony all come to mind. It’s easy to understand why divorcing couples feel that they…
Read MoreStages of Divorce
Various studies and our team’s vast years of experience show that a person’s emotional toll when divorcing is similar to when someone’s loved one passes away. When our mental health experts, versed in the collaborative divorce process, work with our clients, they discuss the five emotional stages divorce often brings. Here are the five stages:…
Read MoreFinancial Transparency with the Collaborative Divorce Process
Over the past 16 years as an attorney, I have experienced many high-level litigated divorces. I have seen firsthand how court divorces divide and destroy families, most often leaving deep emotional and financial scars that are carried throughout the rest of the lives of a divorced couple. It is so disheartening to see this happen…
Read MoreHow Living Through Divorce as a Child Shaped this Attorney’s Future in Collaborative Divorce
By Lynette Kim My interest in family law and the collaborative divorce process came to be partially because of personal experiences as a child during my parents’ divorce process. Unfortunately, my parents’ divorce was not amicable. While living in South Korea, my parents separated when I was 10 years old. My mom and I moved to…
Read MoreQuestions You Should Ask Yourself Before You Decide To Divorce
Have you decided that you feel a divorce is the best path forward in 2022? Your emotions are on overload and spread too thin to think anymore, but now is the time to take a pause and ask yourself several questions BEFORE you put in motion a divorce. Here are a few questions to ask…
Read MoreConfidentiality of the Collaborative Process – Even Financial Agreements
Are you finding yourself starting down the divorce road? If so, one of the initial thoughts that you are most likely wrestling with is how your private family information, such as your financial information, will be handled concerning privacy, transparency, and confidentiality while the divorce terms are being agreed upon and well into the future…
Read MoreKeeping Peace With Your Ex During the Holidays
Under normal circumstances, the holidays can increase our emotional stressors and tension levels for many reasons. Just the simple factor of the extra hustle and bustle can be enough to rob us of the “merry” moments. But when you add on the layer of divorce – it’s understandable why emotions run high during the holiday…
Read MoreHow To Get Through the First Holiday During Your Divorce
The first time you go through the holidays during a divorce can be an agonizing experience. All the traditions and schedules you have created feel like they have been turned upside down and left in pieces in your heart. Experts feel the emotions you feel during a marital separation can be similar to what people…
Read MoreWhat Are The Top Reasons For Divorce?
When a couple feels they need to get a divorce, often our team finds out that it is not black and white, with one simple, straightforward reason. Usually, we find that the cause is gray, and we often find more than one reason the marriage failed. Studies and surveys have shown that marriages fail for…
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