Parties unfamiliar with the legal system shudder at the thought of seeing their life in its most personal context, displayed on a witness stand before a judge and a courtroom full of peering ...

One of the things I value most about my law practice is the way my work appeals both to my analytical and creative sides. As a family law attorney, I use my aptitude for language and my knowledge of ...

It’s a common scenario: You don’t want a court to determine your family’s affairs, but you do want a structure in place to ensure you (and your children) get a fair outcome. You have options and one ...

In family law, collaborative practice is the legal process allowing the participants to work with collaboratively trained professionals to achieve the best outcome for themselves and their children.

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South Florida is famously litigious, but a new family law firm in the region aims to use a recently established form of alternative dispute resolution to resolve family matters outside the courtroom.

Mississippi became the 25th state this year to adopt rules of collaborative law, which allows people to sit together at the table to work through their differences in hopes of avoiding what could ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has made the backlog of family court worse, with some jurisdictions being shut down completely for months. Many divorcing couples rely on the courts to settle disputes without ...

AUSTIN, TX, Aug. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Goranson Bain Ausley Family Law attorney Kris Algert has been named the 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” for Collaborative Law: Family Law in Austin by Best ...