I just released a new press release about collaborative law that discusses the financial benefits of collaborative divorce. I invite you to take a look at it.
I must comment, however, that although you spend a lot less money on worthless rangling, generally collaborative divorce in a whole is not less expensive than regular divorce litigation. If you and your spouse desire, the funds that would be used to pay for costly and ineffective litigating are now directed to activities that give you a return on your investment. These activities include child counselors, divorce coaches, and financial advisors to teach you how to manage your half of the apple when you get it, etc.
So, if you think like a business person might, you can consider that in collaborative divorce, you get a higher return on your investment. You can also choose not to employ the child specialists, financial advisors and divorce coaches and benefit from a much less expensive divorce. Not too shabby if you ask me...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Monday, February 4, 2008
Time Running Out To Sign Up For FWN Luncheon!
On February 12, 2008, I will be giving a short presentation on Collaborative Divorce during the Fresno Women's Network monthly luncheon. I invite you to attend so that you can gain useful information for yourself, your friends, family or anyone who needs those services for that matter.
Where and When:
Where: Love and Garlic at 5351 N. Diana Court
Fresno, CA 93710
When: February 12, 2008 at 11:30 a.m.
at the Fresno Women's Network monthly luncheon
If you would like to attend, but are not a member of the Fresno Women's Network, contact Anna VanderPoel of our office and we can arrange to have you admitted.
If you are interested in using the collaborative process to get through your divorce without an expensive and drawn-out fight in court, contact us at Childs & Childs at (559) 225-6769 to set up a consultation. Collaborative law is not right for everyone, but our collaborative attorneys, Erin Rhames-Childs and Jerry Childs, can help you determine whether collaborative law is right for you.
Erin Rhames-Childs and Jerry Childs are also Fresno divorce litigation attorneys who provide services for divorce, child custody, child support, spousal support, adoptions, guardianships, grandparent rights, domestic partnerships, and domestic violence restraining orders. Childs & Childs is proud to work throughout the Central Valley including cities like Fresno, Madera, Clovis, Kingsburg, Reedley, Selma, Tulare, Hanford, Visalia, Merced, Modesto and Coalinga.
Visit us on the web at www.childsandchilds.com to learn more about your options and to see a better way to move forward in your life.
Where and When:
Where: Love and Garlic at 5351 N. Diana Court
Fresno, CA 93710
When: February 12, 2008 at 11:30 a.m.
at the Fresno Women's Network monthly luncheon
If you would like to attend, but are not a member of the Fresno Women's Network, contact Anna VanderPoel of our office and we can arrange to have you admitted.
If you are interested in using the collaborative process to get through your divorce without an expensive and drawn-out fight in court, contact us at Childs & Childs at (559) 225-6769 to set up a consultation. Collaborative law is not right for everyone, but our collaborative attorneys, Erin Rhames-Childs and Jerry Childs, can help you determine whether collaborative law is right for you.
Erin Rhames-Childs and Jerry Childs are also Fresno divorce litigation attorneys who provide services for divorce, child custody, child support, spousal support, adoptions, guardianships, grandparent rights, domestic partnerships, and domestic violence restraining orders. Childs & Childs is proud to work throughout the Central Valley including cities like Fresno, Madera, Clovis, Kingsburg, Reedley, Selma, Tulare, Hanford, Visalia, Merced, Modesto and Coalinga.
Visit us on the web at www.childsandchilds.com to learn more about your options and to see a better way to move forward in your life.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Collaborative Presentation at the Fresno Women's Network
Family law attorney, Erin Rhames-Childs, will be giving a short presentation on Collaborative Divorce during the February 12th Fresno Women's Network monthly luncheon. Erin invites you to attend so that you can gain useful information for yourself, your friends, family or anyone who needs those services for that matter.
Where & When
Love & Garlic
5351 N. Diana Court
Fresno, CA 93710
www.loveandgarlic.com
February 12, 2008
11:30 a.m.
www.fresnowomensnetwork.org
What is Collaborative Divorce?
Collaborative Divorce is an innovative approach where a couple agrees in writing to dissolve their marriage with respect, dignity, and honesty. These divorces often resolve more quickly than traditional divorce litigation and for a fraction of the cost. Couples also benefit from the use of trained professionals such as attorneys, financial and child specialists and therapists to reach the best settlement that meets the needs of all involved.
Besides the time and financial benefit of collaborative divorce, the primary benefit is that participants avoid the trauma, character assassination and humiliation that take place during most traditionally-litigated divorces. The collaborative process seeks to preserve relationships. This is done with the idea that most divorces involve children and couples must co-parent for many years after a divorce is done.
If you are anticipating a divorce, or if you know someone who is, please let him or her know this is a new option in the Central Valley and invite that person to attend the February 12th luncheon. This is an alternative that many couples would choose if they knew it was an option. We just need your help to get the word out!
If you are unable to attend the meeting and would like more information or would like to speak to an attorney who can help you, contact Childs & Childs at your earliest convenience. We would be more than happy to sit down and discuss your options with you.
Where & When
Love & Garlic
5351 N. Diana Court
Fresno, CA 93710
www.loveandgarlic.com
February 12, 2008
11:30 a.m.
www.fresnowomensnetwork.org
What is Collaborative Divorce?
Collaborative Divorce is an innovative approach where a couple agrees in writing to dissolve their marriage with respect, dignity, and honesty. These divorces often resolve more quickly than traditional divorce litigation and for a fraction of the cost. Couples also benefit from the use of trained professionals such as attorneys, financial and child specialists and therapists to reach the best settlement that meets the needs of all involved.
Besides the time and financial benefit of collaborative divorce, the primary benefit is that participants avoid the trauma, character assassination and humiliation that take place during most traditionally-litigated divorces. The collaborative process seeks to preserve relationships. This is done with the idea that most divorces involve children and couples must co-parent for many years after a divorce is done.
If you are anticipating a divorce, or if you know someone who is, please let him or her know this is a new option in the Central Valley and invite that person to attend the February 12th luncheon. This is an alternative that many couples would choose if they knew it was an option. We just need your help to get the word out!
If you are unable to attend the meeting and would like more information or would like to speak to an attorney who can help you, contact Childs & Childs at your earliest convenience. We would be more than happy to sit down and discuss your options with you.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Let's Make Some Lemonade
Something dawned on me today while I was reading the newspaper. It seems everyone is worried about the economy and pointing out the different sectors that are being influenced by the economic downturn. That really scared me since when it all boils down to it, I'm a businesswoman just like the guy trying to sell a car, or sell a stock. I began to get panicky about what was going to happen to my clients' financial stability which would inevitably affect mine. My heart raced, and I began to get sweaty palms. My mind raced into the future that seemed very bleak.
However, I kept reading and got to the part of the article that talked about the industries that were thriving in this market ... healthcare, foreclosure specialists, and agriculture...all somewhat insulated from the "economy." I thought to myself, "This may be the best thing that ever happened to collaborative law..." Really, that sounds crazy, but if you think aboout it, it makes sense. People are going to continue getting divorced -- in fact, the divorce rate will probably go up. These people, hopefully, will learn of collaborative divorce, and simply because it saves so much money compared to traditional litigation, many people will opt to collaborate. Although motivated by the traditional virutes of collaborative divorce, they will choose this primarily for financial reasons.
Hopefully, through good practice and respect for the process, the attorneys can uphold the collaborative divorce ways resulting in preserved reltationships, the dignity of each party well intact and an absence of financial devastation that is traditional litigation. Just by avoiding litigation, the parties will have saved themselves some much trauma, pain and expense.
So, instead of freaking out like so many of us are, I'm looking at this economy like a great opportunity to get people into collaborative law. It's lemonade squeezed gently, and with dignity, from our lemons...
For more information about collaborative process to get through your divorce without an expensive and drawn-out fight in court, contact us at Childs & Childs at (559) 225-6769 to set up a consultation. Collaborative law is not right for everyone, but our collaborative attorneys, Erin Rhames-Childs and Jerry Childs, can help you determine whether collaborative law is right for you.
Erin Rhames-Childs and Jerry Childs are also Fresno divorce litigation attorneys who provide services for divorce, child custody, child support, spousal support, adoptions, guardianships, grandparent rights, domestic partnerships, and domestic violence restraining orders. Childs & Childs is proud to work throughout the Central Valley including cities like Fresno, Madera, Clovis, Kingsburg, Reedley, Selma, Tulare, Hanford, Visalia, Merced, Modesto and Coalinga.
Visit us on the web at www.childsandchilds.com to learn more about your options and to see a better way to move forward in your life.
However, I kept reading and got to the part of the article that talked about the industries that were thriving in this market ... healthcare, foreclosure specialists, and agriculture...all somewhat insulated from the "economy." I thought to myself, "This may be the best thing that ever happened to collaborative law..." Really, that sounds crazy, but if you think aboout it, it makes sense. People are going to continue getting divorced -- in fact, the divorce rate will probably go up. These people, hopefully, will learn of collaborative divorce, and simply because it saves so much money compared to traditional litigation, many people will opt to collaborate. Although motivated by the traditional virutes of collaborative divorce, they will choose this primarily for financial reasons.
Hopefully, through good practice and respect for the process, the attorneys can uphold the collaborative divorce ways resulting in preserved reltationships, the dignity of each party well intact and an absence of financial devastation that is traditional litigation. Just by avoiding litigation, the parties will have saved themselves some much trauma, pain and expense.
So, instead of freaking out like so many of us are, I'm looking at this economy like a great opportunity to get people into collaborative law. It's lemonade squeezed gently, and with dignity, from our lemons...
For more information about collaborative process to get through your divorce without an expensive and drawn-out fight in court, contact us at Childs & Childs at (559) 225-6769 to set up a consultation. Collaborative law is not right for everyone, but our collaborative attorneys, Erin Rhames-Childs and Jerry Childs, can help you determine whether collaborative law is right for you.
Erin Rhames-Childs and Jerry Childs are also Fresno divorce litigation attorneys who provide services for divorce, child custody, child support, spousal support, adoptions, guardianships, grandparent rights, domestic partnerships, and domestic violence restraining orders. Childs & Childs is proud to work throughout the Central Valley including cities like Fresno, Madera, Clovis, Kingsburg, Reedley, Selma, Tulare, Hanford, Visalia, Merced, Modesto and Coalinga.
Visit us on the web at www.childsandchilds.com to learn more about your options and to see a better way to move forward in your life.
Monday, January 14, 2008
How do you want to handle your challenge?
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love, 1963.
I believe people are good. I believe people, if they are reminded of who they want to be, will choose to handle their divorce in a manner that would preserve their dignity, and respect for themselves and their spouse. I also believe most people love their children enough to find it in themselves to take the high road and preserve their children from the blood bath that is traditional divorce litigation.
Choosing not to engage in a tedious, expensive, and oftentimes pointless family law litigation is very, very difficult, especially when your children, home, money and identity are at stake. It's the knee-jerk reaction of our modern society. It seems that war is all we know.
However, if reminded of who we wish to be and who we absolutely can be, most will take on the task of collaborative law. There are options now. Which one will you choose?
I believe people are good. I believe people, if they are reminded of who they want to be, will choose to handle their divorce in a manner that would preserve their dignity, and respect for themselves and their spouse. I also believe most people love their children enough to find it in themselves to take the high road and preserve their children from the blood bath that is traditional divorce litigation.
Choosing not to engage in a tedious, expensive, and oftentimes pointless family law litigation is very, very difficult, especially when your children, home, money and identity are at stake. It's the knee-jerk reaction of our modern society. It seems that war is all we know.
However, if reminded of who we wish to be and who we absolutely can be, most will take on the task of collaborative law. There are options now. Which one will you choose?
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Presentation of Collaborative Law at the Fresno Women's Network
On February 12, 2008, I will be making a brief presentation on Collaborative Law to a group of local businesswomen associated with the Fresno Women's Network. This will take place during the group's monthly luncheon at Love & Garlic, 5351 N. Diana Court, Fresno. The luncheon starts at 11:30 and lasts about an hour and a half. During that luncheon, I hope to spread the wonder that is collaborative practice and the powerful impact it is having on our society, business, and our future -- our children.
If you are interested in attending, as well as meeting a group of dynamic business leaders, visit the Fresno Women's Network website.
For more information about collaborative process to get through your divorce without an expensive and drawn-out fight in court, contact us at Childs & Childs at (559) 225-6769 to set up a consultation. Collaborative law is not right for everyone, but our collaborative attorneys, Erin Rhames-Childs and Jerry Childs, can help you determine whether collaborative law is right for you.
Erin Rhames-Childs and Jerry Childs are also Fresno divorce litigation attorneys who provide services for divorce, child custody, child support, spousal support, adoptions, guardianships, grandparent rights, domestic partnerships, and domestic violence restraining orders. Childs & Childs is proud to work throughout the Central Valley including cities like Fresno, Madera, Clovis, Kingsburg, Reedley, Selma, Tulare, Hanford, Visalia, Merced, Modesto and Coalinga.
Visit us on the web at www.childsandchilds.com to learn more about your options and to see a better way to move forward in your life.
If you are interested in attending, as well as meeting a group of dynamic business leaders, visit the Fresno Women's Network website.
For more information about collaborative process to get through your divorce without an expensive and drawn-out fight in court, contact us at Childs & Childs at (559) 225-6769 to set up a consultation. Collaborative law is not right for everyone, but our collaborative attorneys, Erin Rhames-Childs and Jerry Childs, can help you determine whether collaborative law is right for you.
Erin Rhames-Childs and Jerry Childs are also Fresno divorce litigation attorneys who provide services for divorce, child custody, child support, spousal support, adoptions, guardianships, grandparent rights, domestic partnerships, and domestic violence restraining orders. Childs & Childs is proud to work throughout the Central Valley including cities like Fresno, Madera, Clovis, Kingsburg, Reedley, Selma, Tulare, Hanford, Visalia, Merced, Modesto and Coalinga.
Visit us on the web at www.childsandchilds.com to learn more about your options and to see a better way to move forward in your life.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Divorce Ain't For Sissies: Part Two
However, when those emotions come up during a collaborative four-way, I'm far more challenged because those emotions could kill the collaborative process. I cannot use them to my client's advantage and I definitely cannot ignore them. Those very powerful emotions must be dealt with -- and that is not easy.
I also see my clients struggle at time with honoring the collaborative way. Not surprisingly, doing the right things is oftentimes MUCH harder than doing the thing you really want -- which is to throw some mud out of pain, anger or resent.
Yesterday, even though it was a difficult session, both clients signed their divorce papers. They did so without going to court, and their children knew very little about the whole process. Very little "blood" was shed between these devoted parents. Our clients had spent a fraction of what they normally would on attorneys fees. That was their choice, one I fully support.
Tears were shed, but the proverbial blood wasn't...We did the right thing. That was really hard, but worth every second of it. I'm proud of our clients and of my collaborative colleague. Nonetheless, buyer beware, this ain't for sissies. Are you up to it? If so, welcome to the collaborative kitchen.
If you are interested in using the collaborative process to get through your divorce without an expensive and drawn-out fight in court, contact us at Childs & Childs at (559) 225-6769 to set up a consultation. Collaborative law is not right for everyone, but our collaborative attorneys, Erin Rhames-Childs and Jerry Childs, can help you determine whether collaborative law is right for you.
Erin Rhames-Childs and Jerry Childs are also Fresno divorce litigation attorneys who provide services for divorce, child custody, child support, spousal support, adoptions, guardianships, grandparent rights, domestic partnerships, and domestic violence restraining orders. Childs & Childs is proud to work throughout the Central Valley including cities like Fresno, Madera, Clovis, Kingsburg, Reedley, Selma, Tulare, Hanford, Visalia, Merced, Modesto and Coalinga.
Visit us on the web at http://www.childsandchilds.com/ to learn more about your options and to see a better way to move forward in your life.
I also see my clients struggle at time with honoring the collaborative way. Not surprisingly, doing the right things is oftentimes MUCH harder than doing the thing you really want -- which is to throw some mud out of pain, anger or resent.
Yesterday, even though it was a difficult session, both clients signed their divorce papers. They did so without going to court, and their children knew very little about the whole process. Very little "blood" was shed between these devoted parents. Our clients had spent a fraction of what they normally would on attorneys fees. That was their choice, one I fully support.
Tears were shed, but the proverbial blood wasn't...We did the right thing. That was really hard, but worth every second of it. I'm proud of our clients and of my collaborative colleague. Nonetheless, buyer beware, this ain't for sissies. Are you up to it? If so, welcome to the collaborative kitchen.
If you are interested in using the collaborative process to get through your divorce without an expensive and drawn-out fight in court, contact us at Childs & Childs at (559) 225-6769 to set up a consultation. Collaborative law is not right for everyone, but our collaborative attorneys, Erin Rhames-Childs and Jerry Childs, can help you determine whether collaborative law is right for you.
Erin Rhames-Childs and Jerry Childs are also Fresno divorce litigation attorneys who provide services for divorce, child custody, child support, spousal support, adoptions, guardianships, grandparent rights, domestic partnerships, and domestic violence restraining orders. Childs & Childs is proud to work throughout the Central Valley including cities like Fresno, Madera, Clovis, Kingsburg, Reedley, Selma, Tulare, Hanford, Visalia, Merced, Modesto and Coalinga.
Visit us on the web at http://www.childsandchilds.com/ to learn more about your options and to see a better way to move forward in your life.
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