Each person who has decided to separate or divorce in the Collaborative Law process has their own solicitor where meetings take place in the same room with the aim of resolving everything face to face. I find this works better than correspondence
We all know and understand that each child is different and how he or she handles divorce will be unique to them. Yet we are also probably aware that the reaction that they have will also depend on their age or developmental stage.
Collaborative law is where the couple come together with their own collaborative lawyer and discuss matters fact to face. There are no letters sent. Each client instructs their own collaborative lawyer and they, the clients and the solicitors sign an agreement not to
How to Divorce? I met a wife in mediation a couple of weeks ago who was clutching her twenty page list of chattels she ‘must have’ from the formal matrimonial home. She admitted that it was not really about the chattels but
As a coach that works with teenagers and being a child of divorced parents when I was 16, having been parented through a divorce and listening to what my clients tell me, I have a few suggestions of some hotspots to
Separation and Divorce – you don’t have to go through it alone. Find someone you trust to talk to, it will help and it is “good to talk”. There’s a whole host of emotions that surface in times of change; fear, anger,
As we all know court proceedings can be very costly and in some cases there is no way of avoiding this. However, before going to court it may just be worth your while seeing whether you can resolve the dispute without going
This article may help family mediators and parents to recognise and manage loss and change. This involves understanding that when you separate you are likely to experience feelings of loss, your feelings can be unpredictable and it can seem like you are
If you have ever wondered what the effects are on fathers who lose contact with their children after divorce or separation then listen to this 15 min recording of Louis De Bernieres’ conversation with Yasmin Alibhai-Brown on the one-to-one show on BBC radio 4 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes –