The Collaborative Divorce Blog
Couples with Children Often Ask: Should We Keep the House?
By: Virginia Schulman Simon, Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council, 11 Clark Road, Ipswich, MA 01938, (508) 641-0417, [email protected] When it is financially feasible many adults assume that it is best to keep the home that the children are currently residing...
You Are Getting a Divorce: Should You Mediate, Collaborate or Litigate
On August 17, 2022, Attorneys Cindy Runge and Shannon Barnes, conducted a webinar to explore the differences between mediation, collaborative, and litigation processes in order help determine the best path forward. To view the webinar, please click the link below:...
Finding the Right Professionals
By Clinton Dalton, Esq., Watson Dalton LLC, 458 Boston St., Suite 2-6, Topsfield, MA 01983-1261, T. 978.462.3177 As you begin the collaborative divorce process, you will discover that each professional involved has specific areas of expertise that are best suited to...
You are getting divorced: Should you mediate, collaborate, or litigate?
You are getting divorced: Should you mediate, collaborate, or litigate? – Quarterly Zoom Presentation: On August 17, 2022, from noon to 1:00 p.m., Cindy and Attorney Shannon Barnes, who is Of Counsel to Peridot Family Law, will co-host a Zoom seminar. This program...
It’s Time to Get the Divorce Behind You
By Anthony C. Adamopoulos, Co-Founder of NorthShore Collaborative Divorce, Certified Divorce Mediator and Certified Collaborative Divorce Attorney Avoiding an inevitable divorce can be harmful. It is hard to believe, but things do get brighter when the split-up is in...
Preparing for the Financial Aspects of Divorce
By: Jody K. Goldman, ASA, CFE, CDFA®, MBA, Principal, JKG ASSOCIATES, [email protected], (339) 666-049 Getting divorced is often times a messy and arduous process. In addition to disentangling yourself emotionally from your spouse, you must also separate...
Why Interest Based Negotiation Should Be Important To You?
By Shannon Murphy Barnes, co-founder of North Shore Collaborative Divorce. Shannon practices Collaborative Divorce and Divorce Mediation in Peabody and Boston, MA. One of the hallmarks of collaborative divorce is that attorneys and parties commit to using...
A CALL TO COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE FOR LITIGATING ATTORNEY
By: Attorney Richard J. Reade, Reade Law Firm, 3 Essex Green Dr., Suite 2, Peabody, MA 01960, (978) 767-4667 Hardly sleeping the night before a hearing and then feeling like your stomach is about to leap out of your mouth as you enter the courtroom are experiences...
The Benefits of Discussion in a Collaborative Divorce
By Scott C. Marks, Attorney, Mediator, Collaborative Professional Often, parties to a divorce have not, for weeks, spoken directly with each other about the issues at hand. This is because those discussions are difficult and painful and often end in impasse. That...
Which Way Do I Turn?
By Linda Cohan, MSW, CPC, Neutral Divorce Facilitator, www.lindacohen.com, [email protected], 508-291-5397 (cell) Not too long ago, I received a call from a distressed husband, who was looking for some advice and direction on how to proceed with his divorce. For...
The Collaborative Law Practice and the Current Real Estate Market
By: Diane C. Pappas, CDFA, CQS, Solutions for Divorce, LLC , [email protected], (978) 833-6144, 33 Andrews St., Gloucester, MA 01930 Rising interest rates and recent sky-high home values have created quite a conundrum for couples going through a divorce. ...
A Few Questions about Neutral Facilitators
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...
What is the Role of Dignity During a Divorce?
By: Clinton Dalton, Esq., Watson Dalton LLC, 458 Boston St., Ste. 2-6, Topsfield, MA 01983-1261, (978) 462-3177 The divorce process, at different times along the way, is rife with complicated and heated emotions on both sides. Triggers abound as a divorcing couple...
THE THREE APPROACHES TO DIVORCE – A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.
You may reprint or distribute this chart on your website so long as the copyright and contact information for Anthony C. Adamopoulos’ Divorce Resolution Services remains attached to the bottom of the image. Copyright ©, 2014 Anthony C. Adamopoulos’ Divorce Resolution...
Financial Consulting During a Divorce
By: Jody K. Goldman, ASA, CFE, CDFA®, MBA, Principal, JKG ASSOCIATES Divorce can be a highly emotional and difficult process. On the list of professionals to contact when thinking about a divorce, an attorney is at the top. However, because divorce may be the most...
Collaborative Divorce in the Time of Pandemic
During this pandemic, North Shore Collaborative Divorce Attorneys and Neutrals provide the benefits of this wonderful process in a COVID sensitive way. The Collaborative Divorce Team achieves divorce resolution quicky, safely and for less. The Team is comprised of...
Why you don’t want to go to court
“I’ll see you in court!” and statements like “having your day in court” might sound good and make for good drama. In divorce, unless you have no other alternative, it’s not a place you want to go for numerous reasons. Particularly if you and your spouse are able to...
In Massachusetts No Law Requires Divorcing Couples to Divide Assets 50-50
By: Anthony C. Adamopoulos, Divorce Mediator, Arbitrator and Collaborative Divorce 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 and “claimed” he would “get” his...
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