Approaches to Divorce: Collaborative Family Law

Approaches to Divorce: Collaborative Family Law

Collaborative family law (CFL) is a process whereby a divorcing couple signs an agreement with a lawyer not go to court. The agreement is however binding to the divorce attorney and not the couple. If one or both clients are not satisfied with the agreement, they can still proceed to court but with a different lawyer. The whole process is aimed at seeking a mutual understanding between the...

Avoid an Affair: It’s The Most Difficult Way to End a Marriage

There are many struggles that affect a marriage. From the difficult situations like one partner being less mature than the other, trying to balance work and home life, caring for aging parents, sexual issues or financial issues and maintaining the relationship, it can be difficult to communicate. In a healthy relationship, two partners are able to communicate with one another and resolve...

Child Custody Battles and the Assessor

With many divorce and separation situations come child custody battles. Child custody issues can seem rather one-sided at times. Each side has their own case with reasons as to why they are the better parent and the other parent is the world’s worst parent ever. Each side has a way of convincing others that they are in the right by presenting the story in a certain way. Our divorce...

How to Reintroduce an Absent Parent After Separation

Parents going through a separation need to ensure that a consistent relationship is maintained between each other, but also that a relationship is maintained with the children. Parents that leave the child’s life can disrupt the child’s life and make it difficult to reintegrate. In cases where one parent has been absent, the other may have moved on to create a new family dynamic....

How Mediation can be Used to Resolve Disputes

If you, a friend, or a family member have ever been involved in a legal battle, you have probably heard of the concept of mediation.  This is a way in which two or more parties can come together to work out a mutually agreeable settlement.  It is a process of negotiation and facilitated by a neutral third party mediator.  The mediator will assist the parties in defining the issues at hand,...

Negative Impacts of Divorce on Kids

If you are in the process of getting a divorce and have children, you may be wondering about the negative impacts of divorce on kids.  No matter the age of your children, it is inevitable that they will be impacted by this change in family dynamics and living situation. Staying together for the sake of the children can be just as, if not more, damaging to children, it is best to find a way to...

How to Improve Eleventh Hour Agreements

When parents seeking separation are unable to beat the last-minute agreements, every effort is redirected to a court process to solve their parenting disputes. During this process, most spouses seek the intervention of the court to have their disputes resolved. In the view of foregoing that a court may not derive the best solution that is agreeable to parties in a dispute, most divorce lawyers...

Separation Agreement by a Reliable Divorce Firm

Many people enter into informal marriage or cohabiting relationship with a hope that the relationship will survive the divorce process. However, when such a relationship turns sour, partners feel disillusioned and disappointed. When such events happen, people argue that it is essential to offer emotional support to help separating parties move through the separation process. Issues That May...