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Thirty years ago, the movie Kramer vs. Kramer provided the nation with a reference point for divorce that, in ways, still resonates today. Sadly, many adults today can point to their own divorces or their parents’ divorces as ready examples of that divorce experience.
However, the process of divorce has been evolving with the introduction of [...]
Last week, Austin’s NBC affiliate KXAN-TV broadcast this news story involving a lesbian couple who married in Massachusetts in 2004. One of the women is now seeking a divorce. The other woman in the marriage does not want divorce to be an available option. The first woman wants the court to divide their property and the second one doesn’t want to [...]
Collaborative Law encourages creativity in finding solutions to marital issues.
First of all, as fans of Tiger Woods, we find his current predicament regrettable. While we recognize that our society is curious about the lives of public figures — especially those as well-known as Tiger — we understand how much harder his current situation is, given that he’s being tried in the court of public [...]
Following these steps will allow a person to avoid escalating conflicts and can lead to satisfactory solutions all around.
The lawyers’ roles are very different in the Collaborative process.
If you visit the Collaborative Law Institute of Texas’ website, you might notice that when looking up our members, mental health professionals are listed as well as lawyers. That portion of our member roster highlights something important about the collaborative law process: It’s a process that has each participant’s long-term well-being in concern.
In divorce [...]
A nasty divorce resolved by a courthouse showdown can destroy the family, the family’s wealth and the family’s business. Sit down with any experienced family law trial lawyer, and he or she will be able to tell you war stories of courtroom shootouts where a warring family ended up destroying the very wealth they [...]
In the past week, Texas has unexpectedly become the epicenter for an interesting debate regarding gay marriage — specifically, what happens when married same-sex couples want to divorce. In Judge Tena Callahan’s view, a gay couple who was married in another state and now lives in Dallas has the right to get divorced.
While the case [...]