Collaborative Divorce - No Court Divorce - Vancouver and the lower Mainland

Collaborative Divorce - No Court Divorce - Vancouver, Canada

"Our past is a story existing only in our minds. Look, analyze, understand and forgive. Then, as quickly as possible, chuck it."

Marianne Williamson

"Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date."

Dale Carnegie

"The important thing is to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what you are for what you could become."

Anonymous

"Midlife - when you must give up who you think you are so you can become who you were meant to be."

Unknown

"All that is necessary is to entertain some doubt about the reality of your version of what your problems are."

A Course in Miracles

"You are always a valuable, worthwhile human being - not because anybody says so, not because you're successful, not because you make a lot of money - but because you decide to believe it and for no other reason."

A Course in Miracles

"I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances. "

Martha Washington (1732 - 1802)

"It is important to expect nothing; to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path; and to proceed. "

Unknown

"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind. "

William James (1842 - 1910)

"We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance."

Harrison Ford

"Discourage Litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser - in fees, expenses, and waste of time. As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough."

Abraham Lincoln

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COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE SPECIFIC WEBSITES
     Associations, Centres and Groups
    Independent Practitioners

DIVORCE RELATED WEBSITES
     Independent Practitioners
     Divorce Sites
     Associations, Centres and Groups
     Divorce Assistance
     Parenting Assistance

COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE SPECIFIC WEBSITES Top

Associations, Centres and Groups Top

The Collaborative Law Centre, Kathleen Chapman: London, Ontario
American Institute for Collaborative Professionals: A California Group
The Collaborative Law Center Inc.: Family Law Project - Cincinnati, OH
No Court Divorce: The first Collaborative Law group in California settling family law cases without court.
An Association of Attorneys in the Greater Sacramento Area: California
Los Angeles Collaborative Family Law Association: Endorsed by judges across the country, Collaborative Family Law has earned the support of the family law judiciary in Los Angeles, California.
Southern California Coalition for Cooperative Divorce: The website of the Law Office of Ronald Supancic offers an interesting webpage with insights about marriage as well as mediated and/or collaborated divorce.
Peninsula Collaborative Law Group: California
Cincinnati Collaborative Family Lawyers: Cincinnati, OH
Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council: The Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council consists of attorneys who have agreed to practice law in a collaborative manner.
Collaborative Law Alliance of New Hampshire (CLA/NH): The Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council consists of attorneys who have agreed to practice law in a collaborative manner.
Rochester Collaborative Law: An Association of Family Law Attorneys serving Western New York State.
Association of Certified Family Law Specialists: An independent association of California divorce and family law attorneys.
Tampa Bay Collaborative Law Group: An organization of family law attorneys in Florida's Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties whose mission is to resolve disputes that arise in family law matters through non-adversarial techniques, not through financially and emotionally costly litigation.
The New York Collaborative Law Group: New York
The Collaborative Family Law Council of Central Ohio: Lawyers committed to divorce with dignity, and family dispute resolution by reasoned negotiation.
The Alliance of Collaborative Family Law Attorneys: The Alliance of Collaborative Family Law Attorneys is comprised of independent, unaffiliated family law practitioners who are dedicated to resolving divorce and family law disputes, without bloodshed.
Collaborative Family Lawyers of Houston: A Group of Independent and Unaffiliated Family Law Practitioners.
Collaborative Law Dallas: Dedicated to Out of Court Settlements in Family Law Cases. Independent Unaffiliated Family Law Practitioners
Dallas Alliance of Collaborative Family Lawyers: A Group of Independent Unaffiliated Family Law Practitioners
Gulf Coast Collaborative Law Network: A group of Gulf Coast area attorneys who believe in Collaborative Law.
Collaborative Family Lawyers of Utah: Utah
Collaborative Family Law Council of Wisconsin: Collaborative Family Law Council of Wisconsin, Inc. is an association of lawyers, mental health professionals and financial advisors who work together to promote a collaborative process.
Collaborative Lawyers of Southwest Florida: Florida
Collaborative Lawyers of Southwest Florida: Florida
Collaborative Family Lawyers of South Florida, Inc.: Florida
The Collaborative Law Center of Atlanta, Inc.: Collaborative Family Law uses lawyers, divorce coaches, child specialists and financial consultants to solve family disputes without adversarial techniques or tactics.
The Collaborative Law Institute of Georgia: The Institute is committed to the development and growth of an interdisciplinary network of Collaborative Law professionals, and the promotion of collaborative legal services for consumers.
Collaborative Family Law Society: A Society of independent family lawyers serving Maryland, DC, and Verginia
Collaborative Family Law Society: A Society of independent family lawyers serving Maryland, DC, and Verginia
Collaborative Family Law Affiliates: Collaborative Family Law comes to Pennsylvania
Collaborative Law Group: California
Collaborative Family Lawyers Institute: Miami, Florida
Collaborative Lawyers of Northern California: California
Dallas Collaborative Law Practice Group: Dallas, Texas
San Fransisco Collaborative Law Group: San Fransisco, California
Arizona Association for Collaborative Family Law Inc.: Arizona
Collaborative Lawyers of Marin: California
Collaborative Family Lawyers: California
Collaborative Lawyers of Northern California: California
Non-Combative Divorce: Consortium for Cooperative Law web site.
A collaborative law network of independent professionals: The Advocates Network, Ltd., is an organization of legal and other professionals created as a Wisconsin, non stock, not-for-profit corporation to promote the practices and principles of Collaborative Law and support the professional practices of its members.
The Coalition for Collaborative Divorce: The Coalition for Collaborative Divorce is a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing divorce needs in a positive and cooperative manner so as to resolve conflict, avoid litigation, and help people restructure their lives to benefit all family members during and after the divorce.
Coalition for Cooperative Divorce: California

Independent Practitioners Top

Morrie Sacks Divorce Law - Divorce & Separation in Canada: It's new! It's Exciting! ... and It's far less painful than the old approaches to divorce and separation.
Collaborative Alernatives: Bauer, Shepherd & Ross and Associates - a California law practice speciallizing in Collaborative Divorce.
Collaborative Family Law Practice: Chip Rose, a California Family Law Specialist.
A Better Divorce: Southern California

DIVORCE RELATED WEBSITES Top

Independent Practitioners Top

Morrie Sacks Divorce Law - Divorce & Separation in Canada: About divorce law in Canada with a huge library of legal and political links.
Jennifer Jackson: Family Law lawyer
Canadian Family Law and Canadian Divorce: Jeffrey Behrendt is a Canadian family law and Canadian divorce lawyer. This site provides you with quality information about divorce and family law issues in Canada.
Nobler Law Office: no litigation - mediation, CD, negotiation - California
The Royalls: The Royalls, A Professional Corporation is a Texas professional corporation engaged in the private practice of law.

Divorce Sites Top

Low Impact Divorce Program Inc.: Dynamic Harmony Consultants Ltd. - Revelstoke BC
Divorce net: This site offers daily and weekly Q&A sessions with legal and mental health professionals, as well as interactive bulletin boards/chat rooms. Resources are listed by state.
Millennium Divorce: Divorce site devoted to providing divorce information and help, developed and written by divorce lawyers and family law attorneys to answer your questions.
Smart Marriages: Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couples Education, LLC
Divorce Online: An electronic resource for people involved in, or facing the prospect of, divorce. Divorce Online provides free articles and information on the financial, legal, psychological, real-estate, and other aspects of divorce.
Split-Up.com, Inc: This site has information about the legal, financial, and emotional aspects of divorce, including state-by-state information. Visitors can participate in discussion groups, subscribe to their newsletter, or link to related sites.
Divorce Central: This site offers fairly extensive information about legal, financial, parenting and other aspects of divorce with an American slant.
The Children's Rights Council: Formed in 1985, the Children's Rights Council (CRC) is a national non-profit organization based in Washington, DC that works to assure children meaningful and continuing contact with both their parents and extended family regardless of the parents' marital status.
Divorce Source, Inc.: This site offers state-specific guidebooks, a large divorce-related bookstore, links to resources and message centers, and, for a fee, child support calculations for your state
California Divorce Guide: A comprehensive source of information about the divorce process in California.
Divorce Directory: If you are thinking about divorce, just checking out your options or knee-deep in the process, DivorceDirectory.com offers you the resources necessary to make things just a bit easier.
Divorce Mediation Services: Divorce Without War ^TM - Florida
Positive Divorce Resolution: Florida
Anger Management: Leonard Ingram
Divorce Interactive: International Directory of Divorce Information
Divorcesource.com: A comprehensive state-by-state divorce informational network.
Custodysource.com: Dealing with child custody & divorce. The issues of child support, alimony, spousal support, annulment, domestic violence, moving away, property rights, pro se or represented.
Divorce Plus: A large collection of sites relating to divorce under various heading including Emotional Issues, Single Parenting and Step Families.

Associations, Centres and Groups Top

The Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Canada (AMIC): AMIC is a national professional association exclusively serving the needs of arbitrators and mediators.
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers: Membership in the Academy is open to qualified matrimonial attorneys throughout the United States.
The Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Canada (AMIC): A Non-Profit Corporation Serving the Ottawa-Carleton Area.

Divorce Assistance Top

Transforming Practices: A website "with a clear and unique mission: to explore sources of meaning and pleasure in law practice".
Mediate.com: Site for conflict resolution resources, index of professionals and information about mediation.
Holistic Law: Holistic law views your legal challenges as interrelated to you as a whole person, not just an isolated legal problem.
International Network on Therapeutic Jurisprudence: Therapeutic Jurisprudence concentrates on the law's impact on emotional life and psychological well-being.
About LawyerCoaches: Lawyer Coaches Network is for coaches who are current or former lawyers or who want to offer their coaching services to lawyers.

Parenting Assistance Top

Parent News: Clearinghouse for exchange of information among parents
ParentsPlace: Parents can search for information on a particular issue and a list of previously answered questions will be listed. Therapists answer the questions. Many other health-related news articles are reprinted here.
The Parents Network: This is a parenting website run by volunteers at the University of California at Berkeley. While some of the information about resources is local to the East Bay, much of the parenting information is relevant for parents anywhere.
Explore options for troubled teens: When it comes to seeking help for a child in danger it is better to have sought help a little too early than a little too late. Explore educational options for troubled teens.
The Parents Network: The Parents Leadership Institute, a nonprofit agency, offers workshops, booklets, and audio-/videotapes for parents seeking to strengthen the parent-child relationship.
The National Center for Fathering: This organization aims "to inspire and equip men to be better fathers." They offer practical tips on various topics such as step-dads, single dads, disciplining teens, and more. There is also a mechanism for contacting other fathers for fathering support, or finding out about fathering research.
Father's World: This site has lots of good links to father-related research, policy and practice.
Stepfamily Foundation, Inc.: This site lists 10 steps for step-dads and step-moms, kids, young mothers and grandparents (among others) to help form healthy stepfamilies. It offers online counseling, question and answer areas, and other links.
Making Lemonade: The single parent network.
Cooperative Parenting & Divorce: The material on this site is intended to help divorcing and divorced parents shield their children from parental conflict and loyalty binds.

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