People often ask what the difference is between legal separation and divorce. Sometimes they will even ask, “Should I file for divorce or legal separation?” This is clearly a very personal choice and not a decision someone else can make for you. With that said, here is what you need to know: If you are […]
Mediation and Collaborative Law are both voluntary processes. This means that in order to proceed with one of these approaches, both people need to be willing to participate. You don’t need to be excited about the process (nobody is), but you do need to be willing to actively participate in your own case. One of […]
Parenting plans can be either very detailed or very general. A detailed parenting plan is just want it sounds like – there will be a lot of detail about exact days, times of parenting exchanges, how summer vacation is scheduled, etc. A general parenting plan, on the other hand, may just say that one parent […]
A year from now the way you divided personal property in your divorce probably won’t matter to you. However, that isn’t much comfort right now when you need to separate households and furnish a new residence. Here are a few of the most common questions about dividing personal property: How do we value personal property? […]