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Who Gets The House In a Divorce?

Collaborative Divorce: Interest Based Negotiation vs. Position Based Negotiation Interests are different from positions.  A position generally has only one possible answer – who will get the house?  Me or my spouse. An interest has a number of possible answers – I want to receive the house in our divorce because: it’s close to our…

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What Are The Nuts And Bolts Of Collaborative Divorce: Is It Faster And Better?

What Are The Nuts and Bolts of Collaborative Divorce? Collaborative divorce is an alternative to the traditional adversarial divorce that plays out in Court, which often times wastes a great deal of your time and money. Collaborative divorce is an out of court solution that is based upon a private, informed, cooperative and structured environment.…

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Is Court The Best Place For My Divorce?

No, the courthouse is not the best venue to resolve your divorce. Courts and judges are needed to handle criminal cases, and many other legal conflicts.  However, in my opinion, court is not the best venue to resolve your divorce peacefully and privately. Surgeons Are Like Litigation Attorneys Here is a good analogy: In the…

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Is Every Divorce a “Nasty Divorce”?

Of course not. There are times when a marriage no longer works.  This doesn’t mean that you have lost all respect and love for your spouse. This doesn’t mean that you want to start a legal battle against your spouse. It simply means that your marriage has come to an end. The collaborative divorce process…