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Get to Know Separating Together: Kerry Burleigh

In each installment of Get to Know Separating Together we profile a member of Separating Together by asking them the same five questions (listed below). The purpose of this series is to offer a glimpse inside the personalities of our participating members to showcase why each believes in the collaborative divorce process. For all previous installments, click HERE.

This month, Get to Know Separating Together introduces you to Triangle attorney Kerry Burleigh. Kerry went to school to study what has now become known as Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Her passion lies within helping people resolve conflict in a way that prevented them from getting locked into arguments requiring a judge’s ruling. Kerry now practices law as an attorney at Springfield Collaborative Divorce helping people engage in creative problem solving, even in the midst of powerful emotions and strong disagreements.

1:41 pm - May 1, 2013 Posted by ST2012 0 Comments

Get to Know Separating Together: Adrian J. Davis

In Get to Know Separating Together we profile a member of Separating Together by asking them the same five questions (listed below). We hope this offers a glimpse inside the personalities of Separating Together and showcases why each member believes in the collaborative divorce process. For all previous installments, click HERE.

This month, Get to Know Separating Together introduces you to attorney Adrian J. Davis. Adrian is a family law attorney and mediator who, for the previous ten plus years, exclusively practices family law. As a child of divorce, Adrian has personally witnessed the long-term destruction of an acrimonious divorce and now focuses her efforts around making sure individuals choose the process right for their situation without letting anyone dictate their path.

7:26 pm - March 13, 2013 Posted by ST2012 0 Comments

Top Collaborative Divorce Blogs

Because we are a collaborative divorce blog ourselves, we think we have a good eye when it comes to other top collaborative blogs across the Internet.

Thanks to recommendations from people we trust, as well as interactions with collaborative divorce experts on Twitter, we’ve been able to compile a list of what we think are the top collaborative divorce blogs. While some of these blogs might not be 100% about collaborative divorce, they offer up insight and information on topics extremely important to the collaborative process.

8:08 pm - March 4, 2013 Posted by ST2012 0 Comments

Get to Know Separating Together: Jeff Seigle

Here we profile a member of Separating Together by asking them the same five questions (listed below). We hope this offers a glimpse inside the personalities of Separating Together and showcases why each believes in the collaborative divorce process. For all previous installments, click HERE.

This month, Get to Know Separating Together introduces you to Triangle attorney Jeff Seigle. Jeff is a founding member of Separating Together and has resolved close to two hundred collaborative cases over the past 10 years. For 19 years prior to beginning his collaborative practice, Jeff was involved in the adversarial divorce process. He came to the realization however that the ” true function of a lawyer was to unite parties riven asunder.”

3:15 pm - February 11, 2013 Posted by ST2012 0 Comments

Inside the Collaborative Divorce Process

Once a couple has come to the painful determination that a divorce is necessary, the collaborative divorce process is an option that can help that couple divorce peacefully without resorting to a court battle (litigation).

7:35 am - January 10, 2013 Posted by ST2012 0 Comments

Get to Know Separating Together: Martha J. Mason

Each month we profile a member of Separating Together by asking them the same five questions (listed below). We hope this offers a glimpse inside the personalities of Separating Together and showcases why each believes in the collaborative divorce process. For all previous installments, click HERE.

This month, Get to Know Separating Together introduces you to Triangle attorney Martha J. Mason. Martha has been a licensed attorney since 1981 and is a founding member of Separating Together. She has limited her practice, The Law Office of Martha J. Mason, to helping couples separate and divorce in a cost-effective, legally supportive manner.

1:48 pm - November 30, 2012 Posted by ST2012 0 Comments

North Carolina Divorce Statistics

*The following information is a comprehensive list of the most recent North Carolina divorce statistics.

Despite divorce rates falling across the US from 5.1 per 1,000 to 3.8 per 1,000 from 1990 to 2009, North Carolinians marry and divorce at slightly higher rates than most other states according to the most recent U.S. Census Report. There are many states, however that have higher divorce rates that North Carolina.

At the time of the U.S. Census report Diana Elliot, a family demographer at the Census Bureau noted the following:

7:35 pm - November 13, 2012 Posted by ST2012 0 Comments

Get to Know Separating Together: Mark Springfield

Our newest Collaborative Divorce Blog feature is titled Get to Know Separating Together. Each month we will profile one of the members of Separating Together by asking the same five questions (listed below). We hope this will offer a glimpse inside each of their personalities and showcase exactly why they believe in the collaborative divorce process.

This month, Get to Know Separating Together introduces you to attorney Mark Springfield. Mark has been a pioneer in the collaborative process since its establishment by the North Carolina legislature in 2003 and is a divorce lawyer at Springfield Collaborative Divorce.

6:48 pm - October 25, 2012 Posted by ST2012 0 Comments

Best Collaborative Divorce Videos

While “best” is a relative term, we scoured the Internet and found five videos that are great when it comes to helping you understand the specifics of collaborative divorce.

Understanding the difference between collaborative divorce and traditional divorce can be difficult thanks to the lack of information. While text information is great, and we provide plenty on this site, these videos offer up the same information and all you have to do is sit back and watch.

3:02 pm - October 11, 2012 Posted by ST2012 0 Comments

How Will Divorce Affect My Children

As an adult, it truly is hard to comprehend just how much of an effect a divorce can have on the children involved.

While the mental well-being of your children may not be the first thing you are thinking about when finding the best way to move on from the person you once loved – it should be.

A child begins to be affected by divorce the moment he or she is told that it is going do happen to their family.

3:20 pm - September 18, 2012 Posted by ST2012 0 Comments