Divorce the Collaborative Way. Is It the Way For You? - Softcover

In Divorce the Collaborative Way. Is It the Way For You? three divorce professionals - a family law attorney, a mental health professional and a financial planner - share their knowledge and insights about the collaborative divorce process with divorcing couples in order to help them decide if the collaborative process is right for them. Using real life examples to illustrate key points, Divorce the Collaborative Way.

Describes the different options couples have for getting divorced.

Discusses in detail the features and advantages of a collaborative divorce.

Highlights the roles and responsibilities of each spouse in a collaborative divorce.

Explains the various roles that the members of a couple's collaborative divorce team - their attorneys and the neutral mental health and financial professionals - will play in their collaborative divorce.

Guides readers through the collaborative divorce process from start to finish.

Divorce the Collaborative Way also features an appendix of collaborative divorce agreements, forms, and worksheets.

Melinda Eitzen, Vicki James and Scott Clarke have extensive experience helping couples end their marriages using the collaborative divorce process. Melinda Eitzen has been practicing family law since 1994 and has been doing collaborative divorces since they came to Texas in 2001. Scott Clarke has been helping couples with their collaborative divorces since 2003. Vicki James has been working on collaborative divorces for about four years. All three authors live in Dallas. Melinda Eitzen's father is a beloved retired judge in Dallas County named Merrill Hartman, who served on the bench for 22 years. The super courtroom in the Dallas County Courthouse -- the Merrill Hartman Courtroom -- is named after Eitzen's father, whose name is carved in the marble outside the courtroom. The courtroom is used for special events and for large trials that require a bigger forum or that are expected to generate a lot of media attention. Melinda has been married 20 years. She has two teenage boys and enjoys sailing, reading and ballroom dancing. Scott Clarke has been married for 18 years and has three children, 12 years of age and younger. He enjoys racing in triathlons, running, and reading----but what he enjoys most is being at home with his wife and kids. Vicki James enjoys being with her family and friends when she is not working. She has a wonderful grandson and tries to spend as much time as possible with him.