A better way to divorce

Collaborative Divorce is the Way to Resolution

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How Collaborative Divorce can work for you

In Collaborative Divorce, you will work with professional legal counsel to negotiate issues such as alimony and child custody.
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Traditional divorce litigation often leaves former spouses deeply in debt and painfully estranged from each other. Litigation can create resentment that lingers for years and poison relationships between both parties and their children. The Collaborative Divorce process is based upon discussion and compromise. It encourages divorcing partners to talk out and resolve issues with the aid of professional legal counsel.

North Shore Collaborative Divorce is a group of lawyers and professional neutrals who can work with you to find an effective alternative to an adversarial divorce or divorce mediation.

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Meet our Attorneys & Neutrals

Attorney Scott Marks
Attorney Shannon Barnes
Attorney Lisa Jacobowitz, Esq.
Attorney Susan Lillis
Neutral/Facilitator & Educational Psychologist Ginny Simon
Attorney Anthony C. Adamopoulos
Diane C Pappas, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® – Financial Neutral
Linda Cohan – Neutral/Facilitator & Executive Coach

The members of North Shore Collaborative Divorce are local, independent, specially trained lawyers and professional neutrals who will work with you to resolve your divorce without litigation.

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Preparing for Divorce

by | May 23, 2019 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Can you really prepare for a divorce? Yes. At least in some respects. While everybody handles divorce differently, there are some approaches that make getting through the process easier. Have your financial records in order One thing that can great expedite reaching a...
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by | November 15, 2018 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

NO LAW REQUIRES DIVORCING COUPLES TO DIVIDE ASSETS 50/50 By: Anthony C. Adamopoulos, Arbitrator, Mediator, Collaborative Attorney Recently, a distressed client, I will call Casie, came to me. She feared for her future. Casie explained that her husband wanted a divorce...
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What’s Better, Collaborative Divorce or Mediation?

by | October 3, 2018 | Collaborative Divorce | 0 Comments

As an attorney who practices both collaborative divorce and mediation, it’s a question I’m often asked. To be honest, my answer really does not matter. The best choice between collaborative divorce or divorce mediation depends on the individuals going through the...
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A Few Questions about Neutral Facilitators

by | May 29, 2018 | FAQs About Divorce | 0 Comments

by Ginny Simon, Neutral Facilitator Will having a neutral facilitator on my Collaborative Team cost me a lot more money? Is it worth it? When your collaborative attorney recommends that you have a neutral facilitator/divorce coach on your team, your first reaction...
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Goals & Triggers

by | April 29, 2018 | Collaborative Divorce | 0 Comments

All clients should enter the collaborative process with confidence that the agreement that they reach will fulfill their goals. Frequently, goals are often doing what is best for the children, financial security, keeping the family home, or maintaining a life style similar to what they have had as a married person.

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Divorce? You are not alone

by | April 5, 2018 | Collaborative Divorce | 0 Comments

Are you facing divorce and feeling sad, angry, or scared? Do you stay up at night thinking “This can’t be happening” or “How am I going o manage this?” You are not alone and a Collaborative Law coach/facilitator can help. If this sounds good to you, and you are...
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Who gets the cat?

by | April 5, 2018 | FAQs About Divorce | 0 Comments

Collaborative divorce offers a flexibility you don’t find in litigation. It’s designed that way so that both sides can negotiate, compromise and resolve issues to reach a settlement. The structure and the willingness of both parties to compromise typically cuts a path...
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Why Collaborative Divorce? Answered in One Picture

by | January 20, 2018 | Collaborative Divorce | 0 Comments

February is Divorce Month in Massachusetts because there are so many divorces filed that month. So, it is safe to assume that people are right now considering what process to use, that is – Adversarial, Mediation or Collaborative. Elsewhere in DivorcingOptions.com you...
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There is a Better Way to Divorce

by | January 20, 2018 | Collaborative Divorce | 0 Comments

Traditional divorce litigation often leaves former spouses deeply in debt and painfully estranged from each other. Litigation often breeds resentment that may linger for years and poison relationships between parties and the children. Collaborative Divorce process is...
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Collaboration or Litigation? You have a choice!

by | August 6, 2016 | Collaborative Divorce | 0 Comments

The first step in facing divorce is to select the best divorce process for you, litigation or Collaboration (Collaborative Divorce). Usually, it is best to decide on the process before selecting an attorney. Because attorneys are best at “what they do”, going to an...
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