Rebuilding Your Life After Divorce

Building a new life following a divorce can be very difficult. Where do you start? Settling your children? Finding single friends? A new job? Managing your own finances? How do you even begin dating or thinking about a new relationship? Just managing to settle...

During this difficult time are you coming together or coming apart?

How do you thrive during this difficult time rather than just survive?  With our Charlotte Shelter In Place order, so many are struggling to find a new “norm” day to day, week to week, until life returns to what we are used to. Ask those around you what their...

Where Do I Begin?

Once you have decided to divorce, there is an important first step. Stop. Second-guessing. Yourself. This is a journey through an admittedly unsettling adjustment. It doesn’t have to result in long lasting trauma. To help you to avoid unnecessary...

529 Plans are worth a second look

When considering the financial aspects of a divorce, every asset is worth a second look. In many cases, the parties have 529 plans for their children’s college education. In most mediated settlements, the parties put the 529 plan in the children’s column and there is...
What is The Role of a Collaborative Divorce Coach?

What is The Role of a Collaborative Divorce Coach?

The services of a collaborative divorce coach are often engaged to assist individuals, or couples, going through this difficult transition. A divorce coach can often help guide couples through the difficult negotiations of a settlement, while simultaneously addressing...

The Emotional Benefits of Collaborative Divorce

Divorcing collaboratively, instead of through litigation, has huge emotional benefits. When couples litigate there is typically more conflict involved and a lot more fear, & after effects, emotionally. One of the primary goals of the collaborative...
What is Collaborative Divorce?

What is Collaborative Divorce?

When court proceedings and the threat of court are removed from the settlement process, the creativity, range and durability of settlement options greatly expands. Most attorneys have had the experience of settling cases on the courtroom steps, or even after a trial...