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Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for Divorcing Individuals with Dana Rose Garfin

Listen to this DivorceMD podcast with host Colleen Honquest, CDC and Divorce Mediator, and Dana Rose Garfin, Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of California, Irvine. Dana will talk about Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and the 8-week online course ...

Family Law Software Now Offered for Divorcing Individuals -with Nancy Chausow Shafer, JD.

Family Law Software Now Offered for Divorcing Individuals -with Nancy Chausow Shafer, JD.Nancy Chausow Shafer, JD of Chausow Shafer, P.C. and consultant from Family Law Software (FLS) speaks about how FLS can now be used by clients to help ...

Finding Money for College for Families Post-Divorce with Vicki Vollweiler, College Financial Aid Specialist.

Vicki Vollweiler (Linkedin profile) is the Founder of College Financial Prep. With her MBA and divorce coach training, she helps families maximize savings on the cost of college. Services offered include: * Merit and Need-Based Scholarship Searches * Financial Aid ...

Writing a Parenting Agreement in a High Conflict Divorce with Stacy Freeman, JD.

Hosted by Debbie Mora Evans and Colleen Honquest Episode Notes Join Colleen Honquest and Debbie Evans from DivorceMD as we speak to Stacy Freeman (Linkedin profile) , Family Attorney, about how to write a solid parenting agreement when divorcing a ...

Hidden Money in Divorce with Laura Baldwin, JD, and Peggy Tracy, MBA, CFP, CDFA

What are the financial red flags that you need to look for when you are going into a divorce? Who is qualified to help you find hidden money and assets that are not being disclosed? Colleen Honquest, CDC and Divorce ...

I’m Getting a Divorce. What Do I Need to Do to Get My Financials in Order?

Colleen Honquest of DivorceMD, LLC interviews Brian Durkin (Linkedin profile) , Wealth Manager at Integrated Wealth Planners, LLC to find out what the first five steps that one must do to get ready for divorce. Brian talks about the home ...

Do I Need to Hire a Guardian Ad Litem?

My lawyer says that I do…..what is a Guardian Ad Litem? In simple terms, a Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) is an individual appointed by a family court to take care of the child’s best interest during a child custody case. The ...

How Do I Prepare for Divorce Mediation?

There are few things more stressful than entering the divorce litigation process. For this very reason, many couples choose mediation instead. Please read on to learn more about divorce mediation and how to make the best of your mediation sessions ...

Part 2. Avoid Costly Mistakes in Your Divorce

It was another very painful lesson for one of my clients. Even seasoned lawyers don’t get it. High Conflict divorce is a different game. Chaos and confusion are rampant. Normal processes don’t work in these cases. Chaos is the main ...

Part 2. Who Really Is the Expert in a High Conflict Divorce Case?

The third piece of advice is that if you are in a divorce with a difficult or High Conflict spouse, your lawyer MUST understand High Conflict personalities and what they are capable of doing to derail your case. To illustrate, ...

Part 2. Three Things to Know Before Hiring a Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) in Family Court

The Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) made time to call and interview all the people on Kari’s list of character witnesses. The GAL interviewed the children with Kari and not Tom. She called no one on Tom’s list of character witnesses ...

Part 2. Is My Credit Tied to My Ex-Spouse?

A few days before the final hearing date, my ex’s lawyer sent an email to my real estate agent informing her that my ex had a tax lien on the house for over $600,000 so the sale would not go ...