Fort Lauderdale Family Law Blog

Proceeding with Compassion, Acceptance and Mindfulness

I attended an Advanced Collaborative Divorce Training presented by CFLI this past weekend. The keynote speaker, Peter Russell, spoke with us about...

CFLI Holds Advanced Collaborative Training

It was a wonderful day of learning and networking at the CFLI Advanced Collaborative Training this past weekend in Coral Gables, FL. ...

Florida Bar Raises Interesting Question About Remote Workers

Recently, the Florida Bar published an article questioning the legality of lawyers who practice law from a location in which they are not...

We Take Our Clients As We Find Them

There is a well-known principle in tort law that says “defendants take their victims as they find them”. What this means, in essence, is if a...

It’s Not Always As It Appears

We Collaborative professionals have certain ideas as to how the Collaborative Divorce Process should look.  We have rules and protocols and...

How Is This Different?

I represented a client in a Collaborative Divorce who recently asked me how a meeting with me, the neutral Financial Professional and the client was...

There Is So Much More To See

This morning, as I walked on the beach, I came across a woman drawing a heart in the sand and filling it with shells. It was beautiful and I was so...

How The Disqualification Clause Makes the Collaborative Process Different

Disqualification is the basic tenet, the bedrock of Collaborative Divorce. This clause states that if the Collaborative Process breaks down or is...

How Is Brexit Similar To Divorce?

Over the last few days, as the results of the British people’s referendum on whether to remain in the European Union (EU) or to leave the EU have...

My Open Letter To Governor Scott

Dear Governor Scott, I am writing to thank you for signing the Collaborative Law Act into law and for vetoing the current version of the Alimony...