Posts by Sara Ross
Prenup and Postnup Basics: What Should Your Agreement Include?
First, let’s get the terminology straight. Prenuptial Agreements (“Prenups”) refer to written agreements signed before a couple gets married. Postnuptial Agreements (“Postnups”) are executed after a couple gets married and are only appropriate if there’s no divorce on the horizon. In Colorado, both types of agreements are considered “Marital Agreements” and are governed by Colorado…
Read More3 Reasons to Choose Collaborative Divorce
With so many options for transitioning your relationship from “married” to “not,” it’s hard to know which path is best for you and your family. Here are three reasons why Collaborative Divorce may be a good choice for you Non-Adversarial Collaborative Divorce seeks to minimize conflict and maximize the chance of coming up with the…
Read MoreCollaborative Divorce Team? What in the World Is That?
Clients often ask me to explain what a Collaborative Divorce Team is. People aren’t used to thinking of the divorce process as including a “team” of any kind, because many folks expect divorce to be a battle…where people work against each other instead of with each other. Don’t get me wrong: Collaborative Divorces still involve…
Read MoreTake Control of Your Divorce: Mediate!
Divorce can be a frightening and destabilizing experience, but it can also be a chance to empower yourself and be an active participant in the way your life is transforming. In a divorce mediation, you and your partner each have a chance to express your goals and needs, and the mediator helps you explore options…
Read MoreGreat Resource for Divorce Recovery
Check out this link for great workshops and classes on divorce recovery: http://www.beyonddivorce.com/
Read MoreNPR article on Collaborative divorce
Learn more about Collaborative divorce – and hear directly from a woman who used the process for her own divorce – by listening to National Public Radio’s article on the topic: http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201003291000
Read MoreReduce Divorce-Related Conflict, Help Your Kids
Let’s face it: conflict exists everywhere. We can’t escape it in our personal or professional lives, and each day’s news headlines blare the details of of tragedies stemming from our inability to see eye-to-eye. Despite its almost universally bad rap, though, conflict isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Conflict helps us to more deeply understand ourselves…
Read MoreMaintenance: Voluntary Underemployment and Imputed Income
In this video, attorney Sara Ross gives a brief summary of a question that comes up in many divorces: is one of the two members of the former couple “underemployed” (i.e. earning less money than he/she reasonably could be)? How this question is treated depends on the case, but sometimes the case needs to…
Read MoreNBC: Collaborative divorce can reduce emotional trauma
NBC recently posted an article describing the Collaborative divorce process and how it can help couples reduce emotional trauma as they transition away from being together and towards being apart. Check it out: http://www.cnbc.com/id/101602760
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