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January 24, 2012

Being Alone Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Lonely

This article is from Carol Mapp, LCSW, an Arlington-based therapist with Integrated Healthworks.
The life-altering changes that occur in relationships during a divorce can produce a variety of feelings. One common feeling that individuals who are divorcing experience is loneliness. There may be times during the transition of divorce in which individuals may feel lonely, even [...]

January 20, 2012

Collaborative Law Institute of Texas’ Harry Tindall Honored By ABA As “Problem Solver”

The American Bar Association has just announced that Harry Tindall, a partner with Houston-based family law firm Tindall & England and Vice President of the Collaborative Law Institute of Texas’ Board of Trustees, will be receiving the organization’s Problem Solver Award at the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution Awards Luncheon in Washington, D.C. [...]

January 9, 2012

Collaborative Law Institute of Texas Announces Annual Conference in Austin, Feb. 1-3

The awareness of collaborative law continues to grow throughout Texas — and one of the reasons for that is the annual conference that the Collaborative Law Institute of Texas coordinates with the State Bar of Texas. This year, the conference comes to Austin on Feb. 1-3, with a focus on new developments in collaborative law [...]

December 26, 2011

Syd Sharples Talks About Holidays and Divorce on Austin TV

A few weeks ago, Collaborative Law Institute of Texas Board Member Syd Sharples shared some helpful insights about divorce and the holidays in a two-part blog article, which can be found here and here.
Now, Sharples is sharing her insights about how divorcing parents can help their kids — and themselves — through the holidays [...]

November 29, 2011

Children, Divorce and Holidays: Part Two

This blog article (the first of a two-part article) is from Syd Sharples, LCSW, an Austin-based Mental Health Professional (MHP) and therapist in Austin. She sits on the Board of the Collaborative Law Institute of Texas.
There is an emotional aspect to every experience we have, and the holidays are no exception. Make it your goal [...]

November 28, 2011

Children, Divorce, and Holidays: Part One

This blog article (the first of a two-part article) is from Syd Sharples, LCSW, an Austin-based Mental Health Professional (MHP) and therapist in Austin. She sits on the Board of the Collaborative Law Institute of Texas.
Divorce re-forms families. Instead of two parents living under one roof, there are now two homes where the children live, [...]

November 11, 2011

Laughter and Learning: Report from IACP Conference in San Francisco

This article is from Norma Levine Trusch, a Houston-based lawyer and Collaborative Law Institute of Texas Board Member.
I recently attended the annual Networking and Educational Forum of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, which was held in San Francisco, one of my favorite cities. As always, the workshops were exciting and informative and well worth [...]

November 9, 2011

Garage Sale Litigation (from Brenda Lee Roberts’ Blog)

A few weeks ago, we highlighted one of our favorite Collaborative Law Institute of Texas blog writers, Dick Price. There’s another excellent blog writer in our community — Dallas-based collaborative consultant, parent facilitator and mental health professional Brenda Lee Roberts, who wrote a particularly insightful article.
The article, “Garage Sale Litigation,” looks at a garage [...]

October 27, 2011

The New Divorce Demand: “You Keep the House”

This blog article is from Jeffrey B. Thomas, J.D./CIMA®/CDFA®, a Dallas-based Certified Private Wealth Advisor and Financial Advisor with Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.

“Getting the house” – once the most coveted prize of a divorcing couple – has become a recession-era issue for divorcing couples.
Excess loan to fair market value challenges, insurance costs, reduced liquidity, [...]

October 24, 2011

Mexico’s Short-Term Marriage: More Like Our Pre-Nuptial Agreement Than You Might Think

Christopher Michael Farish is a collaboratively trained family law attorney who works as an associate at the firm of Quaid & Quaid, LLC. Chris is a past three-term president of the Collaborative Professionals of Dallas, the President of the Collin County Young Lawyers Association, and has served on special committees for CLI-TX and IACP.
Some of [...]

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