Tired of the usual training? Looking for something different to offer to your own community of collaborative professionals? Come to Florida. Join Tampa’s collaborative community and attend Joryn’s inaugural all-day marketing collaborative workshop. Then spend the weekend at the beach,...
Avoiding The Destruc...
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Joryn Jenkins has offered us another volume in which she “… demonstrates how to avoid the lasting effects of the destruction caused by the divorce court process, recounting actual events as she witnessed them unfold, both the divorce wars fought in the courtroom, as well as the...
Why Pro Bono Collaborative Divorces … and How
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I have always been a trial lawyer. And I am, among other things, a family lawyer. So, in the old days, I used to do divorces pro bono because it was an easy way for me to give back to my community. And I believe in giving back to the community. So that was a no-brainer. After I a couple of years giving back in this fashion, I became dis-enamored with the concept. Why? Well, when your lawyer is free, and when the opposing party is representing himself because he is too poor to afford the luxury of a lawyer, that leaves YOU BOTH free to fight over every little thing, including the broken dishwasher. Oy, vey! So I told our local...
FLORIDA’S FIRST PRO BONO COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE
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BEGINNING ANEW COLLABORATIVELY Not all divorcing spouses want to engage in nasty court battles. Such is the case of Tyler Nelson and Pamela Burton, who decided to end their marriage on an amicable basis without consuming years in costly and contentious litigation. They decided to use a form of private dispute resolution known as collaborative divorce for their child’s sake, under the tutelage of trained professionals, to forge a new and different bond as co-parents for the rest of their lives. And, on September 20, 2013, they set a precedent as the first pro bono collaborative divorce ever completed in the state of Florida. [The term...
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