Services Provided by the Law Offices of Glen L. Rabenn

THE COMPLETE FAMILY LAW OFFICE

Family Law deals with especially sensitive issues that can have life-long emotional and financial effects. It is a specialized area of law, requiring specific training in negotiation and litigation skills, taxation, property and business evaluation, as well as a knowledge of constantly changing rules and procedures.

The law office of Glen L. Rabenn is devoted exclusively to the practice of Family Law. With more than 32 years of hands-on experience, Mr. Rabenn offers a comprehensive understanding of the legal and human issues involved in all areas of Family Law

Family Law Litigation

We provide our clients with vigorous representation at all stages of a family law case. In a divorce or other family law matter clients often need immediate action to protect their rights or the interests of their children. In other cases, the client’s spouse might be hiding assets or understating income. Our office is experienced in dealing with these situations in a swift and effective manner by employing the following strategies:

* Next day filing of a dissolution of marriage case.

*Obtaining emergency restraining orders.

*Serving subpoenas on banks and other financial institutions.

*Depositions of the other spouse and witnesses.

*Preventing the other spouse from disposing of or borrowing against real estate.

*Preventing the other spouse from removing minor children from the state.

*Obtaining orders protecting our clients from domestic violence, including excluding the other spouse from the family residence.

Collaborative Divorce

Our office is now offering Collaborative Divorce services. In a Collaborative Divorce case the spouses and their attorneys sign an agreement in which they commit themselves to resolving the issues in the divorce without going to court. The agreement further provides that if either spouse decides to litigate the case in court, both of the attorneys will withdraw from the case and will not be allowed to perform any further services in connection for either spouse.

The Collaborative Divorce process involves the assembly of a team of professionals who are all dedicated to achieving an amicable resolution of the divorce without going to court. In addition to the attorneys, the team includes four other professionals. Each spouse has his/her own mental health professional who functions as a "divorce coach," assisting the spouses to deal with the emotional issues in the case. There is also a "child specialist" - a mental health professional who focuses on the needs of the children. The final member of the team is a financial specialist who assists the spouse in creating household budgets and dividing the community property.

A Collaborative Divorce differs from the traditional litigated divorce in several important respects:

*A Collaborative Divorce can usually be completed in a few months. A typical litigated divorce takes between six and eighteen months to complete, sometimes longer.

*A Collaborative Divorce usually costs between one-third and one-half the cost of a litigated divorce.

*The spouses in a Collaborative Divorce case use joint accountants, mental health consultants, appraisers, and other consultants, instead of hiring their own separately retained experts.

*At the end of a Collaborative Divorce the spouses are more likely to retain goodwill and respect.

*The feelings and desires of the children are considered throughout the entire process.

Comments

[Jake]

Collaborative Divorce. According to what I read, it is better and less expensive than going to court. How less expensive? Mental health consultants, Joint accts. etc. are they included in your cost?