Parties unfamiliar with the legal system shudder at the thought of seeing their life in its most personal context, displayed on a witness stand before a judge and a courtroom full of peering ...

With the help of a full collaborative team, the parties in a divorce can organically arrive at the best solutions to meet their needs. Alternative dispute resolution options are growing in popularity ...

Last month, Womble Bond Dickinson launched “Doing Well by Doing Good,” a thought leadership series focused on ways in which environmental and social governance impact business. The following article ...

We urge the Judiciary Committee to consider a proposal to enact the Uniform Collaborative Law Act in Connecticut. Like mediation, the practice of collaborative law has emerged primarily in the context ...

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The Covid-19 pandemic has made the backlog of family court worse, with some jurisdictions being shut down completely for months. Many divorcing couples rely on the courts to settle disputes without ...

MANHATTAN, NY – Couples in Manhattan considering divorce may benefit from a process that avoids the adversarial nature of traditional courtroom litigation. Manhattan collaborative divorce attorney ...

The word “divorce” may conjure images of bickering spouses, ugly court battles, invasive financial disclosure and costly legal bills. The traditional divorce process tends to escalate conflict and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mississippi became the 25th state this year to adopt rules of collaborative law, which allows people to sit together at the table ...

At the outset of a divorce, uncertainty tends to surface quickly. Questions about finances, parenting, and next steps often arrive all at once. Dallas family law attorney Carla M. Calabrese, founding ...

Any endorsement of collaborative law practices over the courts should be explicit about the fact they are rarely appropriate in cases of domestic abuse, a lawyer and activist has argued. Tammy ...