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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 [...]
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”: [...]
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 [...]
Earlier this week, the Houston Chronicle’s Amy Biancolli wrote an excellent article on compromise — and, specifically, what lessons for children could be applied to members of Congress. Faith Wilson, a Houston-based mental health professional who serves on the Collaborative Law Institute of Texas board, contributed to the article with her observations on compromise, informed [...]
This article comes from Carol Mapp, LCSW, an Arlington-based therapist with Integrated Healthworks.
In area megastores, the aisles have been filling steadily with flashy, multi-zippered superhero backpacks, packages of hermetically-sealed notebook paper, and television character-inspired lunch boxes since the July 4th holiday. Although blissfully unaware children can still be found in swimming pools, at day [...]
This post is from Curtis Harrison, a collaboratively trained family law attorney working for the law firm of Albin | Harrison | Roach in Plano, Texas. He is board certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Collaborative Law Institute of Texas.
This past [...]
This post is from Norma Levine Trusch, a Houston-based lawyer and Collaborative Law Institute of Texas Board Member.
Next week, at the Advanced Family Law Course in San Antonio, Don Royall, Harry Tindall and I will be speaking on “Other Non-Adversarial Approaches to Family Law Cases.” The subject arose from a discussion I had [...]
This article comes from Carol Mapp, LCSW, an Arlington-based therapist with Integrated Healthworks.
Most children look forward to the summer break. It is a time for them to dash about in swimsuits and flip-flops after being trapped by the demands of school and schedules the rest of the year. There’s a burst of activities as summer’s [...]
We wanted to call your attention to this contribution to the Wealth Management Insider blog from CLI-TX board member Tracy Stewart, discussing the seven business casualties of divorce, and how collaborative law provides a path away from this. Her article looks at this issue with an excellent case study identifying specific impacts on business on [...]
Friday marked a historic day for collaborative law in Texas. The earlier unanimous approval of HB 3833 by the Texas State Legislature, establishing expanded provisions for divorces settled through the collaborative law process, was followed up by Gov. Rick Perry’s signature, establishing the Uniform Collaborative Family Law Act as statewide law.
This earlier blog post [...]