{"id":319,"date":"2018-01-02T21:08:48","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T21:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.collaborativepracticechicago.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=319"},"modified":"2018-01-02T21:08:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T21:08:48","slug":"divorcing-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.collaborativepracticechicago.com\/hp_wordpress\/archives\/319","title":{"rendered":"Divorcing Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As 2018 begins, I give life to a notion I&#8217;ve had for a while.\u00a0 I&#8217;m always trying to express what I try to help people to do as they bring their marriage to an end.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve chosen to no longer do any litigation work, so I only work with people who understand that what they need to do is to come <em><strong>together\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>in order to separate as a married couple.<\/p>\n<p>Some people need very little help in doing so.\u00a0 For them I offer myself as a Mediator \/ Third Party Neutral.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t &#8216;represent&#8217; either party, so I can&#8217;t give advice on whether any particular proposal is &#8216;good&#8217; for either of them.<\/p>\n<p>Some couples need more help and guidance and perhaps even advice about &#8216;what should I agree to&#8217;.\u00a0 For those, I join with other Collaborative Practice professionals to form a &#8216;team&#8217; so that each spouse has his\/her own attorney and we can add other professionals based on the support needs the couple may have.<\/p>\n<p>With either support system, I simply see myself as helping the couple as they are &#8220;Divorcing Together&#8221;.\u00a0 Hence a new tagline and image are born.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As 2018 begins, I give life to a notion I&#8217;ve had for a while.\u00a0 I&#8217;m always trying to express what I try to help people to do as they bring their marriage to an end. 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