We urge the Judiciary Committee to consider a proposal to enact the Uniform Collaborative Law Act in Connecticut. Like mediation, the practice of collaborative law has emerged primarily in the context ...

It’s a common scenario: You don’t want a court to determine your family’s affairs, but you do want a structure in place to ensure you (and your children) get a fair outcome. You have options and one ...

Collaborative law is growing in popularity in Australia. It's time lawyers consider using it more often, writes Catherine Gale, President-Elect of the Law Council of Australia. This content is ...

One morning seven years ago, Tammy's* husband Scott* came home from his regular Sunday morning bike ride. He was heading for the coffee but wondered if his wife of more than 20 years might like a cup ...

South Florida is famously litigious, but a new family law firm in the region aims to use a recently established form of alternative dispute resolution to resolve family matters outside the courtroom.

What if there was a kinder, gentler way to get a divorce – one less damaging to your children, less stressful for you and less expensive? It is called collaborative law, and some New York lawyers hope ...

The Intelligent Divorce book series, online course, newsletter and radio show is a step by step program to handling divorce with sanity - from raising healthy kids to ...

Hetherington Legal principal Jennifer Hetherington (pictured) recently attended the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals' annual educational forum in America, which brought together ...

A rise in the use of "collaborative law" in family law cases is resulting in less traumatic, more compassionate settlements, a seminar heard yesterday. Speaking at a seminar for financial experts who ...

Many family law disputes are better resolved with a team in a non-adversarial setting, and more lawyers are offering this kind of help. As collaborative practice grows in popularity, a number of ...

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