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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 [...]

October 18, 2011

Looking for a Little Privacy (from Texas Collaborative Law Blog)

One of our favorite blogs on collaborative law comes for one of our colleagues, who was instrumental in the launch of the CLI-TX blog back in the day. Dick Price, who writes the Texas Collaborative Law Blog, recently wrote this thought-provoking piece on the importance of privacy in the divorce process for a number of [...]

September 26, 2011

Do This Not That: Five Tips for Respectful Communication

This article is from Carol Mapp, LCSW, an Arlington-based therapist with Integrated Healthworks.
Communication is central to any relationship and co-parenting communication and relationships are no different,. Keep guidelines in mind at your next impasse; they might help you avoid an unproductive argument.
1. Say it in a way that the other person can “hear”: [...]

September 6, 2011

Retirement Dreams, or Retirement Nightmares?

This article is from Tracy Stewart, a financial professional based in College Station specializing in collaborative divorce, and a Collaborative Law Institute of Texas board member, whose credentials include CPA/PFS/CFF, CFP and CDFA.
“I’ve never seen it all on one page before.” Those were the words of my client in his second collaborative divorce meeting. He [...]

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