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Cutting casualties of divorce

Divorce can be an ugly affair. No one knows that better than ex-spouses, their families and the attorneys who represent them. That's why about 15 local attorneys recently were trained in collaborative law, a process in which disputes--in this case, divorce--are settled outside of court. "People don't know until they go through a divorce how horrible it is," said family law attorney Stacey Strentz, who has litigated hundreds of divorces over 13 years with the Stafford County firm Rinehart, Lowery, Strentz & Butler, P.L.C. "It's so expensive and so contentious and there are so many casualties." Strentz chairs the local group of collaborative

Enough is enough: a more humane way to handle family disputes -known as collaborative law

In 15 years of family practice, Tampa lawyer Nancy Harris has seen it all. And frankly, she's seen enough - enough of the scorched-earth, fight-to-the-death divorces that make lawyers rich and families bitter. So when she first heard about an alternative to courtroom divorces a year and a half ago, Harris was intrigued. She and a group of colleagues were... Source : accessmylibrary.com

City lawyers launch new divorce plan.

A Trailblazing legal service aimed at making divorce less acrimonious was launched by lawyers in Aberdeen yesterday. More than 20 solicitors in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire have trained in collaborative law - a US concept aimed at keeping divorce proceedings out of the courts and as civil as possible. It also helps reduce the trauma and costs traditionally associated with divorce. Yesterday, the solicitors launched the North-East Scotland Collaborative Law Association (Nescla), which includes 21 family-law solicitors in... Source : accessmylibrary.com

Collaborative law meets opposition

The increasingly common use of collaborative law to handle divorces hit an odd bump last month when the Colorado Bar Association's ethics committee ruled it was, well, unethical. The advisory opinion, which has ignited considerable discussion among bloggers in the legal field, concluded that the process violated the professional rule governing lawyer conflicts of interest. Because collaborative law attorneys agree to discontinue their representation of a client if the process is unsuccessful and the client wishes to litigate, the committee said the practice impaired those lawyers' abilities to represent... Source : accessmylibrary.com

Split divorce: ’Collaborative divorce’ helps people avoid judges, confrontation and drama

Collaborative divorce" sounds a little like "tea-party rumble," "peaceful war," "polite battle" -- pick your own contradictory pair. But it is an up-and-coming way for couples to work together on taking apart their marriages. When Lori and Bob Tricarico decided to divorce in 2004 after 16 years of marriage, they wanted to spare their daughters, then 12 and 10, from the fallout. "They were very much our main concern; we wanted to go through the whole divorce process in a way that would be the least damaging for them," says Lori Tricarico, 40, talking by phone from her home in