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Two hundred members of the Florida Academy of Collaborative Professionals (“FACP”) gathered in Tampa to honor Florida legislators and others for their leadership in passing the Collaborative Law Process Act (“CLPA”). The CLPA, among other things, protects the privacy of families going through divorce. It creates a statutory privilege (like the attorney-client privilege) that, except under […]
Collaborative practice is not just for divorce. It is most commonly associated with divorce, but it can be used as a non-adversarial, private form of dispute resolution in many different scenarios. Further, there are many cases where a divorce does not begin collaboratively, and yet ends up in the collaborative process. Below are links to […]
Florida’s Department of Business & Professional Regulation Division of Certified Public Accounting requires CPAs to complete a certain amount of continuing education units to remain licensed. On May 3, 2016, Family Diplomacy managing attorney Adam B. Cordover, alongside collaborative professionals Sonya Johnson and Monica Epstein, provided continuing education units for the accountants of Cohen & […]
If you are going through divorce, you should have a lawyer. Divorce is one of life’s traumatic moments, and it is smart to have a steady hand to advise you during uncertain times. However, you don’t need to have a lawyer to get divorced. You have the option of going through pro se mediation (mediation without legal […]
The International Academy of Collaborative Professionals promulgates Minimum Standards to hold oneself out as a collaborative professional. Those standards include a requirement that each collaborative professional attend a 2-day introductory collaborative training where they learn the process, skills, theories, and ethics of collaborative practice. On April 29-30, Family Diplomacy managing attorney Adam B. Cordover conducted […]
Florida has not had the best history when it comes to the rights of same-sex couples. For the longest time, the state had a law on the books that gay men and women were forbidden from adopting a child. Florida not only enacted a so-called Defense of Marriage Act statute but enshrined its opposition to […]
Many Floridians want to change their legal name. Sometimes it is because they recently found out that the name they have always used is different than the name on their birth certificate, and they are now unable to renew their driver’s license under the federal REAL ID Act. Sometimes it is because they want to […]
Family Diplomacy: A Collaborative Law Firm strives to serve its clients with compassion and respect. Especially when clients are facing the most difficult times, we are there to serve as a reliable and constructive resource. A client on Avvo.com recently reviewed her collaborative divorce experience. You can find the review after the jump. Please note […]
The Tampa Bay Times is reporting that Florida Governor Rick Scott has vetoed SB 668, a bill that was intended to make large-scale changes to the state’s alimony and child custody laws. For the first time, the bill was set to create alimony guidelines that calculated a presumptive range for the amount and length of spousal […]
An adoption client recently left a review of Family Diplomacy: A Collaborative Law Firm on Avvo.com. Lawyer Adam Cordover | Top Attorney Adoption As required by the Florida Bar, we note that each case is different, and you may not receive the same or similar results. The review is reproduced below:
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