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Barney Connaughton on divorce and mediation: custody, support, property, and how the process works.
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Divorce and Student Loans: A Comprehensive Guide to Navigating Student Loan Debt During Divorce
Discover the intricacies of managing student loan debt during divorce. This guide elaborates on how the Family Code 2641 influences debt division and how to safeguard your financial wellbeing in a divorce scenario with student loans. Explore key aspects such as divorce and student loans, student loan debt divorce, and student loan forgiveness divorce.
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Understanding the Difference Between Nullity and Annulment of a Marriage
The difference between a void marriage and an annulment, what each one requires, and why most couples who ask for one need a divorce instead.
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Pets, Divorce and a Cat Named Terrapin
Several years ago there was a well known San Diego Divorce case that involved the divorcing couple fighting over ownership of their dog. The Judge had allowed the couple to put on an entire trial over ownership and “custody” of the dog after which the Judge made orders as to who would receive ownership. At […]
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Blame and Vindication in a California Divorce
A big part of what makes divorce so challenging is that divorcing couples are asked to make very important decisions related to their children, their property and their finances during a time of emotional turmoil. Divorce mediation takes it one step further and asks this same couple to work as a team to sort out […]
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Changing Your Name after Divorce in San Diego
There are many essential decisions that couples need to make while navigating their divorce. When a spouse takes the last name of their partner when they get married, they are given the option to restore their maiden name at the time of divorce. This week we explore some of the considerations that might go into […]
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San Diego Divorce Mediation and Maintaining Privacy
The litigated divorce is a public affair. The courtrooms where they take place are open to the public. Anything filed with the Court is available for anyone curious enough to request a copy. When couples file paperwork attacking, criticizing and pointing out all the character flaws of the other spouse, they are opening their private […]
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The Timelines of Divorce and The Speed Of Mediation
A common question I hear during my first consultation with couples gathering information as they prepare to divorce, is “how long does the process take?” There are a few different clocks that we must reference to answer this question. First, in mediation, there is the time it takes to get the couple to a […]
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Divorce Mediation as a Resource for Therapists
This past week I had the opportunity to chat with two wonderful therapists, Miriam Collada with Collada Counseling in Mission Valley, who is just beginning to embark on her private practice journey and Kara Kohnen, with Grow Through Life Counseling, who has been at it for years and has expanded her practice to include seven […]
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Mediating Divorce and the Collision Between Emotions and the Law
Back in 2003 when I took my very first Divorce Mediation training there were about 18 of us enrolled in the week-long course. Three of us were divorce attorneys and everyone else was therapists. The course was taught by a Husband and Wife team where one was an attorney and the other was a therapist. […]
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Divorce Mediation and The Building of Tree Forts
Divorce Mediation and the Building of Tree Forts: A Lesson in Collaboration and Compromise I don’t have it listed prominently on my resume, but I am a climber of trees and a builder of tree forts. I never thought to add that to my credentials or point it out in my initial consultations with potential […]
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Divorce and Sitting Down at the Table
The main difference between divorce mediation and the traditional litigated divorce with attorneys, is how long it takes for the couple to sit down together at the same table to have a meaningful discussion to settle their case. In divorce mediation, the case begins and ends at the conference table where the couple comes together with […]
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Divorce Mediation and Stinging Nettle? Finding the Good in it.
Divorce and Stinging Nettle? Here we go with the clichés of divorce being like a weed that takes over the yard or divorce packing a sting. Sure, there is that. I hope by the time we are done with the analogy it will make a little more sense, it won’t be too sappy, and it […]