Resources and News for Collaborative Divorce

Resources & News

The Latest in Collaborative Divorce and Family Law

Your Divorce: Demolition or Deconstruction?

By Joryn Jenkins

Unless you’re making a movie, demolishing a building, especially a downtown office building or a big hotel, is wasteful.

Divorcio Colaborativo: Anunciando su Lanzamiento del Hispano Collaborative Professionals™ (HCP) Sirviendo a los Hispanos

By Betsy Vázquez

Hispano Collaborative Professionals™, también conocido como HCP, es un nuevo grupo de práctica Colaborativa de profesionales capacitados en colaboración que prestan servicios a las comunidades hispanas de la Florida en proceso de divorcio.

Collaborative Divorce: Announcing the Launch of Hispano Collaborative Professionals™ (HCP) Serving Hispanics

By Betsy Vázquez

Hispano Collaborative Professionals™, also known as HCP, is a new Collaborative practice group of Collaboratively trained professionals serving Florida’s Hispanic communities in divorce.

An Outsider Looking In

By Heidy Castaneda, MA, RMHCI, RMFTI

As a new registered mental health counseling intern and registered marriage and family therapy intern, working with people when they are most vulnerable is an everyday occurrence.

If Hindsight is 20-20, Foresight is Bliss

By Marianela Collado, CPA/PFS, CFP®, CDS™

We’ve all heard the saying that hindsight is 20-20 and we find ourselves saying, “If we only knew then what we know now.”

Collaborative Divorce: A First-Class Flight

By Elaine T. Silver

My spouse travels a lot for business. When we travel for pleasure, we occasionally get upgraded to first class.

Building a Foundation Through Telling the Kids

By Lindsay Harrison, LMHC

As professionals, what are the most important steps in the collaborative process?

The Alimony Payment Pill – Making It Easier to Swallow

By Marianela Collado, CPA/PFS, CFP®, CDS™

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“TCJA”) signed into law on December 22, 2017 changed the alimony landscape significantly.

Think You Don’t Need a Mental Health Professional Facilitator Participating in Your Divorce? Well, Think Again!

By Kimberly D. Reed, Esq.

When I advise clients about the Collaborative process as an option for their divorce, I sometimes encounter a firm response.

An International Celebration of Collaboration

By Holly Haggerty

If you ask almost anyone to describe divorce, the words “scary and stressful” are much more likely to come up than “creative and innovative.” But the truth is, the Collaborative Divorce process IS both creative and innovative.

Listening with Curiosity, Creativity, and Innovation

By Pam Masters

As a collaborative divorce attorney, I know a thing or two about conflict. For over 30 years, I’ve been helping couples separate assets and find ways to co-parent their children to ensure everyone’s needs are met.

Creativity, Innovation, and Collaborative Divorce

By Joryn Jenkins

What do creativity and innovation mean to you? Imagination, invention, and ingenuity are vital elements of what I now do every day at work, in the collaborative dispute resolution process.