About The Law
Office of Barney Connaughton
Working for A Healthy
Divorce
Our office is committed to working for a
healthy divorce by diffusing conflict in contested cases, advocating zealously when
necessary, providing creative options to the traditional divorce, promoting awareness and
consideration of the needs of the children, emphasizing effective communication so clients
can make informed decisions, maintaining attention and responsiveness to client's needs
and securing appropriate referrals to needed resources.
Diffusing Conflict
Our focus is on solving the issues
involved in your divorce. We place our value much more on facilitating a constructive
resolution of contentious issues in your case then on litigating those issues before a
Judge. We focus on moving past finger pointing and blaming, to finding creative solutions
so that the couple can move on with their lives.
Advocating
Your Interests
While we seek to diffuse and resolve the
conflict in your case, we will vigorously defend your rights, and advocate your interests
should your former spouse not share your desire for a healthy divorce process. Mr.
Connaughton has 14 years of experience litigating family law matters in Chula Vista and
San Diego, California.
Creative Options to the
Traditional Divorce
Our office provides healthy divorce
alternatives including mediation and Collaborative Divorce to involve the couple in
working to constructively resolve their own divorce. Whether we are working as a neutral
mediator guiding the couple to fashion their own divorce solutions by Mediation or acting
as an attorney for one of the spouses in a Collaborative Divorce we invite using a process
focused on creatively resolving dispute outside the Courthouse.
Meeting the Needs of the
Children
Part of a healthy divorce is assuring
that the needs of the children are being met, and that the children are not being
inappropriately placed in the middle of the dispute. We are committed to helping clients
maintain a focus on the needs of the children throughout the process and see diffusing
conflict and selecting healthy divorce alternatives as a means of accomplishing this end.
Informed Decisions
Our goal is to help client's make
informed decisions every step of the way. In divorce mediation this means encouraging the
couple to gather all necessary information to make educated decisions and steering the
couple to appropriate resources when needed. As your divorce attorney, we recognize the
importance of taking the time to explain issues in understandable terms, and making
ourselves available to answer questions as they come up.
Responding to Your Needs
We are here to meet your needs as they
arise. We have a policy of promptly returning telephone calls, and will seek immediate
solutions to problems as they come up. By using mediation and collaborative alternatives,
problems can be addressed without long delays waiting for court availability.
Resources and Moving
Forward
Too often in divorce we get caught up in
placing blame, and dwelling on what has happened in the past. While what has happened is
an important piece of the puzzle, figuring out a way to pick up these pieces and move
forward is a much more constructive use of time and energy. We seek to provide clients
with referrals to other knowledgeable professionals such as realtors, accountants,
financial planners, counselors, therapists and others to help in assuring a constructive,
forward-looking outcome.
We offer a free 30 minute telephone or
office consultation. Please contact us to schedule the
appointment. |
