Divorce
How Living Through Divorce as a Child Shaped this Attorney’s Future in Collaborative Divorce
By Lynette Kim My interest in family law and the collaborative divorce process came to be partially because of personal experiences as a child during my parents’ divorce process. Unfortunately, my parents’ divorce was not amicable. While living in South Korea, my parents separated when I was 10 years old. My mom and I moved to…
Read MoreQuestions You Should Ask Yourself Before You Decide To Divorce
Have you decided that you feel a divorce is the best path forward in 2022? Your emotions are on overload and spread too thin to think anymore, but now is the time to take a pause and ask yourself several questions BEFORE you put in motion a divorce. Here are a few questions to ask…
Read MoreConfidentiality of the Collaborative Process – Even Financial Agreements
Are you finding yourself starting down the divorce road? If so, one of the initial thoughts that you are most likely wrestling with is how your private family information, such as your financial information, will be handled concerning privacy, transparency, and confidentiality while the divorce terms are being agreed upon and well into the future…
Read MoreKeeping Peace With Your Ex During the Holidays
Under normal circumstances, the holidays can increase our emotional stressors and tension levels for many reasons. Just the simple factor of the extra hustle and bustle can be enough to rob us of the “merry” moments. But when you add on the layer of divorce – it’s understandable why emotions run high during the holiday…
Read MoreHow To Get Through the First Holiday During Your Divorce
The first time you go through the holidays during a divorce can be an agonizing experience. All the traditions and schedules you have created feel like they have been turned upside down and left in pieces in your heart. Experts feel the emotions you feel during a marital separation can be similar to what people…
Read MoreWhat Are The Top Reasons For Divorce?
When a couple feels they need to get a divorce, often our team finds out that it is not black and white, with one simple, straightforward reason. Usually, we find that the cause is gray, and we often find more than one reason the marriage failed. Studies and surveys have shown that marriages fail for…
Read MoreWhat Issues Should You Watch Out For in a Gray Divorce?
A gray divorce typically involves spouses over the age of fifty and often have been in a long-term marriage spanning more than 20 – 30 years. Divorces are increasing in this demographic, while the younger population’s divorce rate has decreased. When you come to a divorce with over 20 years of experiences, finances, emotions and…
Read MoreWhat You Should Know About Temporary Child Support
Are you and your spouse dealing with a separation, which will ultimately lead to a divorce? This entire process has so many moving parts, and when you have children involved, it makes it seem even more daunting. But, when you utilize the collaborative divorce process, you have a team of experts who are ready to…
Read MoreDivorce and Post-Traumatic Stress – What You Can Do
Often our clients reflect on negative emotional flashbacks such as arguing, yelling at each other, cursing, screaming, violence or unfaithfulness as some of the catalysts for a divorce. This type of home environment likens itself to a warzone, leaving emotional scars that can last a lifetime for anyone in the family. And with these scars,…
Read MoreThe Wild, the Weird and the Wonderful
One of the most important missions at LACFLA is to be able to not only help couples who are divorcing through the collaborative divorce process but also help the many various professionals who make up the growing group of collaborative divorce teams in California. By offering free monthly professional educational sessions through various discussion groups,…
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