| 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 experience litigating
family law matters in Chula Vista and San Diego, California
since 1993.
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 mediator, 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.
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