What is Collaborative Trusts and Estate Practice?

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By Kamela Love, Esq. Collaborative Practice was an automatic fit for me.  While lawyers get trained to think adversarially in law school, I found that approach is counter to how I think and to how I am.  When I heard about Collaborative Practice, I knew it was a perfect fit for me. Collaborative divorce is…

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Seven Steps to Divorce Your Finances from Your Ex

by Ginita Wall, Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA), Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) Even in the best of circumstances, a divorce is a long, arduous, and emotional task. As soon as you finalize the divorce, you might just want to curl up in bed for a few weeks and watch every single…

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Date of Separation and the Collaborative Divorce Process

by Frann Setzer, Esq. MBA/Certified Family Law Specialist The Law Office of Frann Setzer, APLC In some dissolutions, the date that parties separate is a crucial issue. This is because by law, the marital ‘community’ ends on the day when parties separate. The end of the marital community means that income earned or possibly property…

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Collaborators Support Kids’ Turn San Diego

Both groups share commitment to children navigating family separations Contact: Gayle Lynn Falkenthal, APR / 619-997-2495 or gayle@falconvalleygroup.com (SAN DIEGO) – More than 30 years of research continues to reveal negative effects of traditional divorce on children. Many of the 1.5 million children in the U.S. whose parents divorce every year feel as if their…

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Choose Your Divorce Date

by Carol Severance, Attorney at Law and Certified Family Law Specialist You chose your wedding date and you and your spouse can choose your divorce date. Some people think the day the Judge signs your Judgment is the day your marriage terminates. But that’s not always true.  Spouses have some control over that date. A…

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