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We Don’t Get Along Very Well. How Can We Possibly Mediate Our Divorce?
Peace and harmony are not prerequisites for divorce mediation. Some people believe that a prerequisite for consensual dispute resolution options like Divorce Mediation or Collaborative Practice is that the parties have to get along or trust each other. That is simply...
Video FAQ: I have a California spousal support order. What is a “Gavron Warning”?
What?!?! How could we have been so wrong about the divorce rate?
For years I had pretty much taken it as gospel the popular statistic that 50% of all marriages end in divorce. It seemed to fit an apocalyptic narrative, which seemed to fit to the time. But recent evidence shows that although divorce rates increased and peaked...
Video Post: Why I Absolutely Love Collaborative Practice For Divorce Cases
Family Law Attorney and Mediator Shawn Weber explains why he loves Collaborative Practice for resolving divorce and family law cases.
Shawn Weber Discusses Alternate Dispute Resolution on San Diego AM 1700 ESPN Radio
I recently had the opportunity to appear for the seventh time on San Diego's AM 1700 ESPN Radio "Real Estate Radio" with host Ryan White. Ryan gave me an opportunity to talk about alternate dispute resolution and why it can be a better way to approach a divorce than...
Dolphin Lawyering: Why I can be an advocate without being a shark
My History Before Dolphin Lawyering I have been involved in the divorce industry now for 17 years. If you would have asked me 20 years ago if I would make my living as a divorce attorney, I would have laughed. I never thought I would enter into such a world. It...