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If you are getting divorced, you want to move forward as peacefully, quickly, and cost-effectively as possible. And so you should learn about collaborative mediation. Mediation Collaborative mediation is a combination of two forms of private dispute resolution: mediation and collaborative divorce. In mediation, you meet face-to-face with your spouse along with a neutral mediator […]
Do you want to divorce without lawyers? Are you and your spouse able to sit down together, but you need some help to figure out what you even need to address? Are you okay going without legal advice, and you just want to get through the divorce as quickly, painlessly, and cost-effectively as possible? Well, […]
On February 9, 2017, the Honorable Laurel M. Lee, Circuit Court Judge of the 13th Judicial Circuit in Hillsborough County and Chair of the Family Law Rules Committee of the Florida Bar Family Law Section, along with collaborative attorney Robert Merlin, Vice Chair of the Committee and a Board Member of the International Academy of Collaborative […]
Last year, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed into law the Collaborative Law Process Act. There are still some steps that need to be taken for the law to go into effect (namely, the Florida Supreme Court will need to establish rules of procedure and rules of professional conduct). However, the collaborative community celebrated this milestone […]
Forrest (Woody) Mosten has been on the cutting edge of the law since the 1970s. He has been a pioneer in the fields of unbundled legal services, mediation, and collaborative practice, and he has also authored the following books on these topics (you can order them here): The Complete Guide to Mediation: The Cutting-Edge Approach […]
You have worked hard to build your small business in Tampa Bay or Greater Sarasota. Your dreams and future are intertwined with your company. But, now, you are facing divorce, and you are worried about how this will affect your small business. You know there are quite a few issues that you will have to […]
Every attorney learns lessons from the divorce cases with which they are involved. Some attorneys learn lessons that have unintentional, destructive consequences for the family of the client whom they serve. Other attorneys learn lessons that contribute to a peaceful resolution of disputes. Lessons Learned in Divorce Cases After 25 years of practice, Washington collaborative […]
In my Tampa office, parents come to me all of the time and say they want “sole custody.” Maybe they are having an argument with the other parent. Maybe they just don’t get along. So parents figure that the solution is to be the only one to have decision making authority over their child. In the […]
In Tampa Bay and Greater Sarasota, you have a lot of choices when determining who should be your divorce lawyer. You may have already figured out that your best, least destructive path is via collaborative practice, where you and your spouse work together to ensure your kids and finances survive the divorce. But how do […]
One of the most painful aspects of the traditional divorce process is that it seems to drag on forever. Clients are hauled through case management conferences, temporary relief hearings, depositions, motion hearings, pre-trial conferences, and, finally, oftentimes years later, trial. But this does not need to be the way you go through one of the toughest […]
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