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Divorce: Can You Hear Me? Joanne S. Nadell, Esquire

My father worked for New York Telephone for 25 years and when I a kid, he would use analogies to the phone company to teach life lessons.

I was thinking about one last night. When a relationship ends, one party or the other generally "hangs up" on the relationship. In my divorce practice, it is rare that both spouses are in agreement to get divorced and one spouse is always further along the emotional path of divorce than the other. 

Long before a divorce begins, one spouse does not receive a "dial tone" from the other. There is a shattered path to making a "good connection" that makes it impossible for parties to have a good conversation.  

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Once divorce negotiations start, a spouse that has been "disconnected" for a long time, has an even harder time communicating with their old partner.

As an attorney, one of my roles is to help my clients bridge the gap in the process by helping them come to terms with their situation and to open the lines of communication within their family and with their spouse. This isn't easy for a lot of people who are burdened with anger, sadness and grief. 

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The Collaborative Divorce Process is particularly geared toward helping a divorcing couple work their way through the dismantling of their marriage in a respectful and mutual process. The collaborative team offers clients resources to help them move forward including divorce coaches, parenting specialists, and therapists.

There are many aspects to getting a divorce that have nothing to do with money. 

Let the Collaborative Process be the answer to your "call" for help if you are facing or considering a divorce.

About Joanne S. Nadell, Esquire

As a New Jersey divorce attorney who specialize in Mediation and Collaborative law, my goal is to assist you in taking control of your divorce and family matters by resolving your personal and financial disputes.

The best method for resolving these family disputes is to use self-determination, your own mind and goals to set the future for yourself, your soon-to-be-ex-spouse and your children. After twenty years of divorce and family litigation, I have had enough of litigation.

Mediation and Collaborative Law are truly the keys to resolving conflict and working out divorce and family issues without the delays and bureaucratic paperwork and deadlines associated with standard divorce litigation. 

Families that want to save months of time, thousands of dollars and have a solution that both people agree with are just plain smart.

For more information, please feel free to give me a call at (732) 741-7776 or visit my website at http://www.atlanticdivorcemediation.com

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