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.

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