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Guest Blog: The Benefits of Discussion in a Collaborative or Mediated Divorce
By Scott C. Marks, Attorney, Mediator, Collaborative Professional Often, parties to a mediated or a collaborative 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 is where a mediator or collaborative team can…
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COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE – FASTER, LESS EXPENSIVE
By Anthony C. Adamopoulos, A Founder of North Shore Collaborative Divorce and the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council Collaborative Divorce gets you divorced quickly, safely and for less. The Collaborative Process uses the unique Team Process where neutral experts, often at hourly fees below attorney fees, help you and your spouse resolve issues preventing a…
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My Advice for Divorce Month
©2022 By: Anthony C. Adamopoulos, Divorce Mediator, Collaborative Divorce Attorney Divorce Month is here. If you are facing divorce, please, I urge you: stay out of the court’s adversarial system. Staying out of the adversarial system generally means using either mediation or Collaborative Divorce. Hand in hand with selecting the right approach, is selecting…
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MEDIATOR ANTHONY ADAMOPOULOS RECOGNIZED as SUPER LAWYER
Divorce Mediator and Collaborative Divorce Attorney Anthony C. Adamopoulos has been selected a 2021 Massachusetts Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers, a national attorney rating service, found Adamopoulos to be a Top-Rated Family Law Attorney. Adamopoulos’ office is in Topsfield. Super Lawyers rates outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained…
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Wait. There Are Different Ways to Get Divorced? The major divorce process choices explained: demystifying your options.
By Ann Buscho, Ph.D. This article was posted Feb 16, 2021 at the Psychology Today Blog: : A Better Divorce. Dr. Buscho is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in family issues and issues related to divorce, parenting, parenting planning, and co-parenting counseling. It is reprinted here with permission of Dr. Buscho. Learn more at www.drannbuscho.com …
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What does Collaborative Divorce Mean?
Traditional divorce practice requires each attorney, in all interactions with clients and the opposing lawyer, to always be preparing for a divorce trial and, at the same time, always be attuned to settling the divorce. Collaborative Divorce turns traditional divorce upside down by obligating each attorney and client to have only one goal – the…
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COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE IN THE TIME OF PANDEMIC
By Anthony C. Adamopoulos, Collaborative Divorce Attorney During this pandemic, Collaborative Divorce Attorneys and Neutrals are providing this wonderful service in a COVID sensitive way. They provide this service through a Collaborative Team, which achieves resolution quickly, safely and for less. The Team consists of each client, their respective attorneys and the neutrals. What…
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WHEN YOU NEED HELP IN DIVORCE MEDIATION
by Anthony C. Adamopoulos, Divorce Mediator and Collaborative Attorney You, usually, do not need an attorney or Financial Neutral at all mediation sessions when there are three or less issues and no issue of credibility of income or property reporting. But, in two situations you need help. First, you need help when the issues include…
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COVID-19-The Divorce Rate and Cutting the Cost of Divorce
By Anthony C. Adamopoulos Topsfield Divorce Mediator and Collaborative Divorce attorney. According to the New York Times, the experience of other countries suggests the ravages of COVID-19 will lead us to more divorces. And, according to the Pew Research Center, divorce itself is contagious. For example, if you divorce, the chances become higher that your…
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Conference-Call-Mediation in the Time of COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic affects all of us; and when it comes to the divorce process, it presents a dilemma. It is important to move forward; and yet, what about the crisis? I am sensitive to the constraints of the virus and that is why I instituted Conference-Call-Mediation or CCM. CCM will help you and your…