Family Law Blog
Embrace Change
Joryn Jenkins
February 23, 2019
Collaborative divorce offers families the opportunity to work with a team of professionals to negotiate a resolution that meets the highest goals and interests of ...
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Who is an Effective Collaborative Attorney?
Joryn Jenkins
February 15, 2019
Who is an effective collaborative attorney? An effective collaborative attorney is confident in her ability to practice law; she has an appropriate amount of experience ...
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Don’t Be a Pelican!
Joryn Jenkins
February 8, 2019
Collaborative Divorce isn’t just a process; it’s a vocation. I recently escaped for ten days to the Virgin Islands to take a breath, to re-examine ...
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The Collaborative Process: Initial Conversations Between Co-Collaborative Counsel and Choosing Neutrals
Joryn Jenkins
February 1, 2019
As soon as both clients have chosen their collaborative process attorneys, if you have not yet, reach out to your co-collaborative counsel (that would be ...
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Divorce Crisis
Joryn Jenkins
January 26, 2019
There is nothing like a crisis to bring families, even split ones, together. After a divorce with children, you must remember that, to those kids, ...
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Note Taking – First Collaborative Divorce Team Meeting (MD)
Joryn Jenkins
January 19, 2019
I was recently invited to be part of a collaborative divorce team as the notetaker. Here’s what I learned: I have become familiar with the ...
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A Vital Conversation: Keeping Financial Issues and Divorce at Bay.
Joryn Jenkins
January 11, 2019
One of the leading reasons why couples seek marriage counseling and ultimately divorce is because of financial issues, including disagreements as to how to handle debt ...
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What’s the Opposite of Happiness?
Joryn Jenkins
December 18, 2018
I read recently that the opposite of love is not hate; it’s indifference. So, what is the opposite of happiness? I asked this question because, ...
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When Financial Stress Leads to Divorce
Joryn Jenkins
December 1, 2018
Financial problems are one of the leading causes of divorce. Spouses often disagree as to how much they should spend, how much they should save, ...
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