Coral Gables Collaborative Divorce Attorney, Miami family lawyer, Dade County, FL

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Fox Valley lawyer: Not all divorces have to be nasty

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Developing a Collaborative Family Law Practice

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Mr. Merlin has experience lecturing to attorneys and mental health professionals about the collaborative family law process. He also is the President of the Collaborative Family Law Institute, the collaborative professional practice group in Miami, Florida. He has written an article about creating a collaborative family law practice for family attorneys.

Top Five Reasons to Divorce Collaboratively After Age 50

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Collaborative Divorce Encourages Honesty, Openness

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The Collaborative Law Process

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Collaborative Law on the Rise, Attorney Says

Lawyers are using a more collaborative approach to help divorcing clients resolve family business issues. Attorney Robert Merlin in Coral Gables said the serious consequences that divorce can have on family owned businesses often make collaborative divorce in all parties' best interest. Collaborative law, established in the 1990s, helps couples resolve differences using a non-adversarial collaborative divorce that aims to save time, energy and money. The process employs neutral forensic accountants to review a family's business, assets, income, liabilities and debt. They work with lawyers to settle economic issues, leaving essential time for personal issues..

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August 2009 Newsletter from Robert J. Merlin, P.A. on Collaborative Law

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Cameron Crowe, Nancy Wilson Divorcing

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UF Collaborative Law Training

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An Alternative to Having a Divorce Become All-Out War

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American Bar Association Issues Ethics Opinion on Collaborative Law

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Robert J. Merlin, Among Florida's Super Lawyers

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University of Florida Collaborative Law Training Teaches Innovative Conflict-Resolution Skills

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Financial Decisions to Make as You Divorce

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Collaborative Law in the News on Channel 10

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Balancing Life and Practice - Keen Interest in Gentler Ways to Divorce

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Divorce-Court Alternative - Miami Herald

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Mess-Free Splits

Last month, Chief Judge Joseph P. Farina of Florida's Miami-Dade Circuit Court signed an administrative order authorizing the collaborative model of family law to be used in that court. Proponents say collaborative divorces are cheaper and faster, and easier on children. Miami-Dade's collaborative practice will differ from West Coast models because if the parties can't reach an agreement, then their collaborative attorneys will have to drop out and each party must find divorce lawyers.

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Robin Williams Opts for a Collaborative Divorce

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Kinder, Gentler Collaborative Divorce Also Costs Less

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Coral Gables Bar Association Invites Robert J. Merlin to Speak on Collaborative Family Law

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The Coral Gables Bar invited Robert J. Merlin, Esquire to speak about the process of collaborative law and how clients can benefit from it.

Why Judges Should Advocate for Collaborative Law

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Efforts to Take the Nastiness Out of Divorce

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Divorce Can Carry Short-Term and Future Costs

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