by Karin Quirk | Nov 25, 2018 | Amicable Divorce, Attorney, Divorce, Divorce Stories
I have been making it my mission to change the way people think about divorce. I truly believe in empowering couples to dissolve their marriage in a respectful cooperative way without going to court. Most people find going to court for their family law cases to be a...
by Karin Quirk | Jul 27, 2018 | Divorce, Divorce Stories
Can you preserve a family business even though the principals are dissolving their marriage? While it can be a challenge to dissolve a marriage and preserve a family business, it can be done and often is in the best interest of not only the parties but the employees,...
by Karin Quirk | Jul 20, 2018 | Divorce, Divorce Stories
COOPERATIVE DIVORCE I am often asked what to do if a spouse is not behaving as a grownup. Does this mean the case has to become contested and ugly? Not necessarily. There are a number of strategies that have worked with my clients. If my client can be the grownup we...
by Karin Quirk | Jul 13, 2018 | Divorce, Divorce Stories
This is a collection of random thoughts and observations. Questions are welcome for future posts. You may want to check out the page “Thoughts about Divorce” for a collection of previous posts that I have written over the years. Many of these started...
by Karin Quirk | Jul 6, 2018 | Divorce, Divorce Stories
Getting served divorce papers must be right up there with the worst day of your life. The papers are very official looking and in your shock completely incomprehensible. The cover is a Summons that extols you to respond within a certain number of days. What to do?...
by Karin Quirk | Jun 22, 2018 | Divorce, Divorce Stories, Uncategorized
The lessons learned from this story: Listen to your lawyer about the value of your case; just because you married the owner, it does not become community property and don’t remodel a house that isn’t yours. Dave loved to remodel houses. He loved high-quality...