Helping You Put Your     World Back Together  Who Can benefit By Working With Us?

Anyone interested in:

1.  Avoiding the courtroom.
   Anytime anyone uses the court system, it is stressful and expensive.  The inconvenient demands of the court calendar, the intimidating atmosphere of the court, and the impersonal treatment of very personal issues can make the courtroom an undesirable forum for conflict resolution.  The Divorce Connections^TM Process can eliminate these negative concerns and give clients the opportunity to make their own decisions, on their own timelines, with dignity and personalized treatment.

2. Setting a more positive stage for the future of a co-parenting relationship.
   Research on children of divorced parents reveal that the #1 factor that determines how kids get through the divorce process is the amount of conflict they experience during and after the divorce.  If we can help parents reduce or eliminate this conflict, we know that kids will have a better chance of coming through the process in a more healthy way.  When parents begin their post-divorce relationship with a “knock-down-drag-out” fight in the courtroom, they are likely to continue that style of communication in the future.  Attorneys and judges can easily walk away from the courtroom fight and go on with their lives, but children and families whose lives have been damaged must live with the fallout.  The Divorce Connections^TM Process can help parents establish a more peaceful way of communicating that will hopefully extend into the future.

3. Saving time and money.
   At first glance, the Divorce Connections^TM Process may seem to be more involved and therefore more expensive than the traditional court process because of the involvement of several other Professional Members of Divorce Connections^TM .  However, the Divorce Connections^TM Process tends to reduce time and costs because the team works together, rather than as adversaries.  Traditionally, attorneys spend a lot of time filing motions, sending written communication to “the other side”, gathering information from professionals, and building a case in order to win in court.  When both sides are engaged in similar activities in order to obtain a victory, efforts are doubled with no promise of mutual resolution.  The Divorce Connections^TM Process requires only one team that works cooperatively.  Divorce Connections^TM attorneys actually talk to each other in respectful tones while still representing their clients’ concerns with the goal of reaching a long-standing resolution of the issues.  Current estimates are that the Divorce Connections^TM Process can cost 1/3 to 1/2 less than traditional litigation.

4. Considering more then one way to resolve an issue.
   Because time is a constraint and the traditional litigation system lacks creativity, professionals encourage divorcing couples to “do what everyone else does.”  Although standard agreements are convenient and work for many people, your life may not be “standard.”   The Divorce Connections^TM Process encourages the process of brainstorming to help parties come up with agreements that are better suited for their specific set of circumstances, needs and lifestyles.  A higher level of communication between the parties and involvement of open-minded professionals creates an atmosphere that allows parties to “think outside of the box”.

5. Retaining the power to make decisions.
   Not many people like being told what to do, how to do it, and when to do it.  Our traditional litigation system often dictates the details of finances and parenting after divorce.  Statistics show that people are more likely to abide by agreements that they themselves have an active part in creating.  During the Divorce Connections^TM Process, both parties and professionals know that they will not be asking the court to make their decisions for them; therefore, everyone is more inclined to embrace disagreement by rolling up their sleeves and working a little bit harder to find points of agreement, rather than relinquishing power to the courts.

6. Privacy, fairness and minimizing stress.
   Anyone in the public can attend your court hearing, but you decide who will attend your Divorce Connections^TM meetings.  If you have sensitive issues that you would rather not have aired in the public domain, the Divorce Connections^TM Process is the way to go. Since “fair” is a subjective word, it is common that parties will have different ideas about fairness.  Through mediation and communication techniques, Professional Members of Divorce Connections^TM help parties to recognize the importance of considering each other’s concepts of fairness and work toward common ground that can honor both.

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