The Power Of Language
You may notice that Open Palm Law’s website has the word “collaborative” plastered all over it. We each have an idea of what the word implies when we see or hear it.
Languishing in Lockdown?
A lot of us have had a really hard time during lockdown. We miss the social interaction that we used to take for granted.
Buying Someone Else’s Marital Home 2
In Part One of this two-part blog series, we discussed the most common questions we get from someone who wants to buy a house from someone getting divorced.
The Observer Effect in Divorce
I was listening to a Freakonomics Radio interview of a guy who plays Ultimate Frisbee—the only sport based on trust, without referees.
Buying Someone Else’s Marital Home 1
What are the questions I get from the client who doesn’t want a divorce, but wants, instead, to buy a house from someone getting divorced?
What If?
Seventy percent of U.S. households, or about 90.5 million families, own a pet, according to the 2021-2022 National Pet Owners Survey.
In the Trenches Part Five
In this blog series, we’ve already explored four break-up negotiations and how they played out after the collaborative facilitators reported.
Hiding the Pea
In a shell game, three or more identical shells (dixie cups, bowls, bottle caps, or anything similar) are placed face-down on a surface.
In the Trenches Part Four
In the first three parts of this series on client goals and interests, we examined the actual reports of three different facilitators to their professional teams.
In the Trenches Part Three
In the first two parts of this series, we’ve explored two different facilitators’ reports on the clients’ goals and interests, and on their individual and couple idiosyncrasies.
