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Commentary: Mediation is appropriate way to settle marriage dissolution.
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Every time I hear about a divorce-related homicide or suicide, I am reminded of the fragility of the clients family law attorneys represent. Since I focus my entire law practice on family law, divorces included, I often find myself examining my advocacy skills and tactics, to reassure myself that I am, in fact, helping my clients, rather than damaging them further in the dissolution process. However, even the best family lawyers can become overzealous, in an effort to advance their client’s legal position. In the medical profession, doctors have a mandate to “first, do no harm.” We have no equivalent mandate in family law, but perhaps we should approach our cases as if we did, if, for no other reason than the vulnerability of our divorcing clients. Many of our clients happen to be parents, who have years of interaction and co-parenting ahead of them. If we have managed to derail their parenting… Source : accessmylibrary.com |
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