For over 20 years the worldwide Collaborative Divorce Movement has been devoting its efforts in educating the public on the benefits of this process to protect and preserve the co-parenting relationship, shelter children from harm in custody litigation and enable couples to uncouple in a civil, caring, and compassionate manner. Those efforts by you, me and CDT have created a greater demand for Texas couples to choose Collaborative Divorce as the preferred method to dissolve their … [Read more...]
May Day, the May Pole, Collaborative Divorce, and COVID-19
Blog by Jack H. Emmott When I was age 10 and attending fourth-grade elementary school, there was a school production to celebrate May Day. All of the students and teachers coordinated this large festival production of singing, dancing, and wrapping streamers around the tall May Pole. The event was big. But, being in a wheelchair, I felt very small. Very useless and insignificant. I was rather out of place and uncomfortable. That is because what could I really contribute to the … [Read more...]
Making Use of Virtual Collaborative Divorce Meetings During the Coronavirus Pandemic
As collaborative professionals we have the benefit of not having to prepare for and attend hearings in court except for obtaining uncontested divorces or agreed orders in suits affecting the parent-child relationship. Thus, we are not dependent upon the earnings we make from litigation unlike many other family lawyers, financial professionals, and MHP’s. Our economic welfare is solely dependent upon making the best use of the collaborative law process to resolve differences between parents and … [Read more...]
