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Lowering My Hourly Rate by Attorney Joryn Jenkins
Here is a real testament to the value of Collaborative divorce from a divorce trial attorney who has seen more of the negative side to court divorce than an any non lawyer could ever see. If you are facing divorce, a few minutes reading this opinion piece by divorce trial attorney Joryn Jenkins could have…
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Must Reads for Divorcing Couples by Susan Lillis, Attorney at Law
My colleague, Susan Lillis from Ipswich, has compiled an invaluable list of “readings” in response to often asked questions. Please take the time to check out her fine work. Her office is located Ipswich River Place 4 South Main St., Suite 9, Ipswich, MA 01938 It’s been said that nothing can prepare you for…
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“Who does court trials anymore?”
By Anthony C. Adamopoulos (© 2015) So the city-attorney and the country-attorney were talking when the country-attorney raised concerns about her upcoming divorce trial: Country-attorney: – I hope we get the scheduled judge, I hope it goes off as scheduled, etc., etc. City-attorney: -Who does court trials anymore? Country-attorney: What do you mean? What do…
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Facing Divorce? Why is Collaborative Divorce better than Litigated Divorce?
The first step in facing divorce is to select the best divorce process for the two of you, for example, litigation or Collaboration (Collaborative Divorce). Of course, you each have different interests and goals; in litigation, a judge may dismiss them outright; that will not happen in Collaborative Divorce. The first step. Usually, it is…
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NEED A GOOD PCR?
What is a PCR? Well, you probably have a good PCP, primary care physician, right? And, if you needed a referral to a good arthritis specialist, your PCP would give you a referral, right? I am a Primary Care Referrer attorney. This means in addition to providing arbitration, mediation and collaborative representation, I act as…
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HOW TO USE DEADLOCK ARBITRATION
PART TWO For PART ONE – WHY CONFIDENTIAL DEADLOCK ARBITRATIONsm Making the decision to arbitrate: Deadlock Arbitrationsm can be used to resolve deadlock arising out of the Collaborative or Mediation process. After deadlock, attorneys discuss arbitration with their clients. Pro se litigants discuss arbitration between themselves. If all agree, an Arbitration Agreement is executed. The…
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WHY CONFIDENTIAL DEADLOCK ARBITRATION?
PART ONE What is Deadlock Arbitration? Deadlock Arbitrationsm is a private confidential process that avoids the need to “change over” to public court litigation when divorce mediation or Collaborative Divorce reaches a total breakdown. What causes deadlock? Deadlock results from a party refusing to move from a position. For example, consider this scenario: After…
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Why Collaborative Divorce? – Answered In One Picture.
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 can read about these three processes in detail. But, sometimes a picture says…
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Children and Christmas Visitation?
My colleage Susan Lillis has written an excellent article on the annual question of “How do we handle the children at Christmas time?” From my experience as a Collaborative Divorce Attorney, Mediator and past GAL, I cannot stress the value of “divorcing families” developing their own holiday traditions which can be more beneficial than the “alternating scenario”.…
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Need Referral to Experienced Lawyer
DO YOU KNOW A GOOD LAWYER WHO DOES INTER GALACTIC SPACE LAW? Actually, I don’t; but if you needed one, I would make the effort to find one. Besides providing arbitration, mediation and collaborative representation, I act as a Primary Care Attorney who can refer you to the experienced lawyer you need. Recently, I received…
