By Stacey Langenbahn, J.D., Attorney-Mediator

No Divorce Until the Judge Says So 

     How you get the judge's signature on that piece of paper dissolving your marriage is actually up to you and your spouse.  If you are just thinking about divorce, or you are in the middle of one, the whole process of juggling the emotions, the kids, and the finances can be overwhelming and very confusing.  Fortunately, there's a new way to do it called collaborative mediation that's making it easier and more cost effective to reach that goal - getting the divorce finalized.

Don’t sabotage your divorce from the beginning by making these worst divorce mistakes:

1.  Ignore great alternatives to fighting in court.  Collaborative mediation (team mediation), and collaborative law are excellent, lower cost, private alternatives to litigation.  They allow you to keep control of important decisions instead of giving them to an overworked judge who will never know (or care) as much about your family as you do.  The courthouse should be the last resort, not the first place to go for divorce.  The unwritten rule for family lawyers is to make the other spouse and his or h

I found an interesting website that was referenced in my daughter's high school newsletter this week.  I had not seen this before, and I thought I would pass it along.

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