Not all clients can collaborate effectively. Collaboration requires that clients be trusting, emotionally controlled, willing to listen, have realistic goals, and display few red flags. If a client appears unable to be collaborative, but wants to continue in the process anyway, suggest that the team can help him or her develop communication skills and emotional balance, but it will require commitment and hard work. Your client must be willing to change his or her attitude and … [Read more...]
Conscious Uncoupling And Collaborative Divorce
More and more high-profile couples are announcing their divorces with a simple statement that they are calling it quits and consciously uncoupling. When the details surface, they are bland and uninteresting. How is that possible when the mavens of social media dig up dirt on everyone and publish it online immediately? The answer is that more and more public personalities are opting for a collaborative divorce that insures complete privacy. By choosing an amicable … [Read more...]
What Will A Collaborative Divorce Cost?
Every client wants to know how much their divorce will cost. Answering that question is tricky because the cost of a collaborative divorce depends on the complexity of the case and the cooperativeness of the clients. No attorney can guarantee that a divorce will cost no more than a certain amount because there are too many unknown and uncontrollable factors involved. But, it’s important for the client to have some idea about the potential costs they are facing when he or she engages you to … [Read more...]
President’s Letter November 2017
“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” — Cynthia Ozick Thanksgiving puts gratitude front and center. Initially thinking about gratitude in the context of Collaborative Divorce felt a bit contrived. Yet, the more I thought, the more my gratitude for it grew (those of you more steeped in the practice of gratitude are not surprised by this) as well as my understanding of why we all do the hard work that it requires of us. Because it matters. Collaborative … [Read more...]
Stretching The Collaborative Message
More than 50,000 people visited the Collaborative Divorce Texas website over the past 12 months. Many of those visitors entered the website as a direct result of CDT’s blogging and social media (Facebook) campaigns. To give you an idea of the impact of CDT’s campaigns, the annual website traffic prior to the institution of these campaigns was 15,000 to 20,000 visits to the site. Due to budget limitations, CDT cannot afford a continuous statewide Facebook campaign. CDT’s current Facebook … [Read more...]
