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June 19, 2013

Collaborative Law Institute of Texas to Honor Gay G. Cox With New Award

The Collaborative Law Institute of Texas is proud to announce that it’s establishing the Gay G. Cox Collaborative Law Award to honor the memory of the Dallas lawyer. The first recipient of the annual award will be announced at the State Bar of Texas’ Advanced Family Law Conference in August, and CLI-TX has recently put [...]

May 31, 2013

The Perils of Litigation (From Someone Who’s Been There)

We came across a very heartfelt, emotional post on the Huffington Post’s Divorce Channel, from author Jackie Pilossoph, called, “Divorce Litigation: It’s Not For Wimps.” It covers her own personal journey with a traditional courtroom divorce, including points like “Litigation takes time,” “Litigation creates bullies,” and “Litigation can make you want to crawl into bed [...]

May 17, 2013

Fox Business Includes Collaborative Law in Discussion on How to “Make Divorce Cheaper”

One of the greatest concerns in moving forward with a divorce is how much it costs — this online article from the Fox Business site yesterday examines the question of “How to Make Your Divorce Cheaper.” As you might expect, collaborative law is discussed as one of the avenues. Collaborative law proponents prefer the term [...]

April 30, 2013

Former Collaborative Law Institute of Texas President Kevin Fuller Opens New, Non-Litigation Office

Many collaborative lawyers in Texas also take on litigation cases. Some clients prefer a collaborative approach, but find themselves in situations where their spouses won’t participate in the collaborative process. In those cases, collaboratively-trained lawyers will participate in litigation, being principled advocates for their clients — yet looking for opportunities to resolve issues outside of [...]

March 29, 2013

USA Today Features Advantages of Collaborative Law in Article

We’re happy to see newspaper articles detailing the advantages of collaborative divorce, and we’re even more happy to see the growing number of advocates for collaborative divorce across the nation, building on the groundbreaking work we’ve done here in Texas to establish collaborative divorce as an alternative to traditional courtroom divorce. This USA Today article [...]

March 5, 2013

T. Boone Pickens Tells Collaborative Law Gathering How to Save Millions on Divorce

One of the highlights of last week’s annual collaborative law conference — hosted by the Collaborative Law Institute of Texas and the State Bar of Texas — was T. Boone Pickens’ candid and informative presentation comparing traditional and collaborative divorce, drawing from his personal experiences. The Dallas Business Journal got the chance to catch up [...]

February 15, 2013

When Valentine’s Day Doesn’t Go As Planned

Most of us think of Valentine’s Day as a holiday in which couples reaffirm their love for each other and their commitment to one another. However, as this article in today’s New York Daily News points out, holidays like Valentine’s Day can actually motivate some who are contemplating divorce to move into action. It can [...]

January 15, 2013

A Newly Revisited Question: What is Collaborative Law?

One of the most important facets of the Collaborative Law Institute of Texas’ mission is to educate the public on the benefits of collaborative law, for those weighing the difficult decision to divorce. With that in mind, we’ve been working over the past few months to develop a new series of statements, looking for the [...]

January 8, 2013

Texas Legislature Opens Today (and Revisiting UCFLA)

Today is opening day for the 2013 Texas Legislature — Texas is, of course, one of only a few states in the Union that convenes its chambers once every two years, rather than annually. The usual debates about budget, education, and taxes are on the table for the Senators and Representatives elected two months prior. [...]

December 13, 2012

CLI-TX In the News, Answering Questions About Do-It-Yourself Divorce

There’s a new avenue being proposed for Texans to get divorces — a so-called “do-it-yourself” divorce form that the Texas Supreme Court recently signed off on. Once finalized, it would allow couples without children or shared property to work out their own divorces through filing specific forms, without turning to legal counsel. These aren’t, of [...]

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