Why Is Collaborative Divorce Important To Keep Families Together?

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By Rebecca Medina When couples enter into the collaborative process, both spouses and their respective attorneys, financial neutrals, divorce coaches, and mental health experts agree to resolve their marital issues respectfully, encouraging the family unit to be separate and intact once the divorce is finalized. Often highly emotionally charged conversations occur during a divorce, and…

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Importance of Child Therapy During Divorce

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Frequently we see that our clients’ children struggle with emotions when trying to process their parents’ divorce. This struggle may show up as emotional withdrawal, unwanted behavior or a regression in previously mastered skills. Children may struggle with the thought that their living arrangement is changing, the need to attend a new school, the thought…

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Reasons To Do A Mediated Prenup Agreement

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By Rebecca Medina Most often when a couple decides to tie the knot and get married, their To-Do lists can become overwhelmingly long, and multitasking becomes an art within itself. I often find that many couples forget about one crucial step – drawing up a Pre-nuptial Agreement. While a traditional pre-nuptial process usually brings to…

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What is Tax-Deductible in Divorce?

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The IRS keeps us busy learning all the new tax laws that have been enacted over the years, and with these changes, it makes it hard to know what can and cannot be deducted from your 2021 tax return. We like to share with our clients a few line items that may be deducted from…

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What You Should Know About Filing Your 2021 Taxes After Divorce

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Divorce is never easy. It’s filled with twists and turns that you usually don’t see coming. But when you use a non-adversarial approach, such as the collaborative divorce process, you both will work with a team of professionals that can help guide both of you and help you sort out your tax filing needs. One…

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Tips On How To Effectively Co-Parent

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During a divorce, there is so much more to think about when you have children. One of the most important things to discuss is how you and your co-parent will raise your children. What you think is the right path forward may differ significantly from what your soon to be former spouse believes. But, when…

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