Collaborative Practice
Five “No-No’s” When Getting A Divorce
Any of these may be the kiss of death to an amicable, reasonably priced divorce: Don’t date. There’s no rush! This is true even if the divorce was not “your” idea. Don’t join dating services or post your Facebook status as “single.” Don’t make changes to your existing life, auto, health or other insurance policies,…
Read MoreDocuments are King: The Importance of Documents When Considering Divorce
Divorce can be overwhelming. One of the things people may overlook is the importance of documents. Verifying the nature and extent of income, assets and debts, reimbursements and credits, and other details of divorce requires documents. Getting copies of the documents you will need now, will streamline the divorce process and may reduce the cost…
Read MoreCollaborative Divorce: Your Children’s Best Interest First
THE CHILD SPECIALIST AND THE COACH  There are significant differences between thetraditional adversary system of evaluations and therole of the child specialist and coach.  The information from the child specialist is given to the persons who need it the most, the parents. Like a mediation session for child custody, the child specialist interviews the child or children,…
Read MoreCollaborative Divorce: Learn How to Stay Out of Court
COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE – UNIQUE ROLES FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS – THE COACH – THE CHILD SPECIALIST A key event in the emergence of Collaborative Divorce in Los Angeles was held in Dept. 2 on October, 2001. Judge Aviva Bobb hosted the program, co-sponsored by the South Bay and Los Angeles County Bar Associations.…
Read MoreHow to Get a Divorce – What about a Divorce Coach?
This is the fourth in a multi-part series -How to Get a Divorce- Collaborative Divorce in Difficult Economic Times- on your options in the divorce process by A Better Divorce member, Christopher M. Moore of Moore, Bryan & Schroff LLP in Torrance, California. Divorce Coaching In most divorce cases, emotions run high. The parties can experience feelings like anger, denial, anxiety,…
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