Did you read family (divorce) laws before your wedding and pour over caselaw and codes during your marriage or domestic partnership? If not, … [Read More...]

Can you Find Understanding Through Conflict in Divorce? An Interview with California Mediator Gary Friedman
After graduating from the prestigious Brown University in 1969 and working as a litigator for five years, the formidable young trial … [Read More...]

How to improve the odds of reaching divorce settlements in mediation
M's husband seemed a reasonable man, but hired a formidable family law trial attorney. Nonetheless, M and I, and M and his attorneys met … [Read More...]

Asking your spouse to use divorce mediation
By Helene
Even if you're fighting like cats or your spouse is a narcissist, don't throw away any legitimate opportunities to settle your … [Read More...]

10 Commitments to Improve your Confidence During Divorce
Commitment is a moment-to-moment process. You need to do it daily, hourly, continually. ~ Michael Toms and Justine Willis Toms Getting … [Read More...]

How blue is too blue? Depression and divorce
Even under the best circumstances, divorce can be quite stressful. Often men and women are faced with practical concerns such as selling a … [Read More...]

Five Steps for a Soul-centered Divorce
By Helene
Divorce can be one of the worst experiences of your life. Each and every day, you ride waves of fear, doubt, stress, anxiety, insomnia, and … [Read More...]

Don’t give up on your dreams in divorce
By Helene
You wake each day in a beautiful home with hallways that echo pitter-patter of children’s feet running joyfully to find you in the garden, … [Read More...]
On Intentional Marriages

Marrying or divorcing a trust fund beneficiary in California?
By Helene
Lisa and Jean had fairy tale weddings and lived luxury lifestyles throughout their marriages. Both lived in multi-million dollar homes in Napa and San Francisco, drove Porsches, … [Read More...]

3 reasons every woman wants a prenuptial agreement
By Helene
I'm a divorced woman and a divorce lawyer who believes in love, romance, and lifelong relationships. I also believe there are only four reasons to legally marry, but I know the … [Read More...]

Brave Women, don’t be scared of prenuptial agreements
By Helene
Ninety nine percent of the people who contact me about prenuptial agreements are men. And over the course of my twenty-five years of practice as an attorney, only two women have … [Read More...]