Help with CA Divorce, child support, collaboration, mediation, and family law questions

Divorce is painful. You have issues of child support, custody, alimony mixed in with family law and outside litigation. You need legal advice, but how do you get it from a top divorce attorney?

One approach that preserves the dignity of all parties is through a collaborative mediation approach. The lawyers from both sides work together with a team, including a financial professional, a divorce coach, a child specialist, and a counselor, all of whom help you on your journey to create a post-divorce family system in which everyone thrives.

Children suffer in divorce, and their needs must come first. Collaborative divorce attorneys understan the priorities and serve to mediate an equitable solution for everyone.

As a member of the California State bar association and a practicing divorce lawyer, trianed as a divorce mediation attorney, I am a specialist in dispute resolution and providing the kind of help with divorce that allows all parties to win.

Collaborative divorce is a hybrid that brings the best of mediation practice together with a stable of experts who work together to provide the advice and clarity you need to make good decisions. With the help of a well-trained collaborative practice expert you’ll resolve issues around finances, including child custody and child support, parenting schedules, health insurance coverage, property division, possible tax consequences, and spousal support, plus many others.

For these reasons collaboration can be a better alternative than mediation. As an attorney mediator practicing in Walnut Creek, CA, I understand that both mediation and collaborative practice are often less stressful, less time-consuming, less expensive, and better for children. The focus remains on the future and moving forward instead of arguing over past details that often leave couples at a standstill.

The key to successful divorce is to improve communication. With better communication both parties have more control over their own divorce, and the process promotes respect and dignity.

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Michele McInaney is a divorce mediation attorney located in Walnut Creek, CA, serving Alamo, Danville, Orinda, and all of Contra Costa County and the East Bay. Michele is a top attorney, and was recognized as a top-10 legal professional by San Jose magazine.

Posted on October 10th, 2010 by Michele McInaney in Divorce.