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The Collaborative Process is the Best Option for Parents
By Rachel Moore, JD As a mom, I always want to do what is best for my daughter. And I know that other parents do too. But as a parent, you don’t always know what “the best” is or where to start to even...
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What Is Collaborative Divorce?
By Miriam Cooper, JD What if there was a way to go through a divorce that was calm, efficient and expedient? Does that sound too good to be true? It’s not. Illinois recently legally recognized a...
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Collaborative Divorces Use Experts in Efficient, Neutral Way
By Rachel Moore, JD Collaborative Process divorces can involve experts from various fields in an efficient and unbiased way. Close-up of hands gesturing during business meeting in office The use of...
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Healthy Divorce: How Collaborative Divorce May Be The Healthiest Way To Divorce
By Margaret Zuleger, JD Nobody can say divorce is good for your health, but Collaborative Divorce may be the healthiest way to go through a divorce. Scientific research confirms that stress is bad for...
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Why Does An Amicable Divorce Matter?
By Linda G. O’Connell, Ph.D. Divorce is the End of a Chapter: An Amicable Divorce Prepares you for a Successful New Chapter Divorce is a stressful life crisis. As with all crises, it can result in...
View Article3 Mental Shifts to Make to Help You Prepare Your Child for Divorce
By Ann Cerney, MS, LCPC Ahhh, the sweetness of your child. Never in your wildest dreams did you believe you’d fall so helplessly in love and feel such fierce protectiveness over a dependent little...
View ArticleDivorce Options: Three Approaches for Couples
By Anna Krolikowska, JD Divorce is rarely easy. When most people think of divorce they imagine protracted fighting between the couple and between the lawyers. While many divorces are hard-fought some...
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How to Maintain Your Privacy During a Divorce
By Laura Bare Not everyone has the paparazzi follow them to court for a divorce proceeding appearance like Robert DeNiro did recently. He managed to be filmed yelling at his driver who didn’t meet him...
View ArticleThe Modest Means Program: Making Collaborative Divorce Services Affordable
The CLII Modest Means Program By David Louis The Collaborative Divorce Process offers a unique opportunity for spouses to divorce in a more supported and productive way. In Collaborative Divorce a team...
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Is the Collaborative Divorce Process Best for You?
Is the Collaborative Divorce Process Best for You? by Karen Covy When you’re facing divorce, you’ve got a lot on your mind. You’re worried about money, your kids and your home. Your entire life is up...
View ArticleTrust and the Divorce Process
By Jennifer Cunningham Beeler, JD Hiding a credit card receipt. Finding another empty bottle of vodka in the back of a cabinet. Deleting that text message. Such small things. Yet those small things...
View ArticleMarriage Story Movie is an Advertisement for a Collaborative Divorce
By Patrick Markey, JD The movie, A Marriage Story, was recently released on Netflix and has received a lot of attention from critics and movie fans. Please watch the movie before reading this post if...
View ArticleWhy Teamwork is So Important in the Collaborative Process
By Ellene Lammers, LCSW Collaborative Divorce is a “newer” approach to divorce. It is newer because many people have never heard of it and have no idea about it’s many advantages, although it has been...
View ArticleThe Many Advantages of Choosing to Divorce Collaboratively
By Ellene Lammers, LCSW When clients are deciding on which process to choose for their divorce, collaboration can seem daunting due to the costs involved. Collaborative divorce is a team approach to...
View ArticleHow is Collaborative Divorce Different Than Litigation and Mediation?
By Tiffany M. Alexander, Esq. Current times are leading many people to believe that they must wait to proceed with a divorce. But just because the Court system is “on hold”, your life and your choices...
View ArticleYou Are Not Alone
By Brenda Bridges, CDFA Sheltering in place can lead to feeling pretty alone and isolated. That sense of being alone and separate can also happen during the divorce process, layering on to what is...
View ArticleCan I participate in Collaborative Divorce if I am a victim of domestic...
By Nanette McCarthy Principal Partner – Griffin McCarthy & Rice LLP If you are considering divorce or have already started in the divorce process, you probably know the COVID-19 pandemic virus has...
View ArticleFive Ways the Collaborative Process Gives You Greater Control Over Your...
By Marie Sarantakis, Esq. Couples going through a divorce are often dealing with a great deal of stress. They are navigating several life changes all at once and often do not understand the legal...
View ArticleTrying to divorce during COVID-19: How do you live with someone you no longer...
By Dr. Sara Schwarzbaum Maybe you have been thinking about getting divorced, or have already made the decision to divorce right before the pandemic hit. Maybe your divorce is already in the works, but...
View ArticleWhat Happens in Divorce Litigation
By Brad Pawlowski, JD Many families go through “traditional” divorce litigation. It’s familiar, it’s common and it’s what most people know as their only choice when they need to get divorced. What many...
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