Co-Parenting

A community service sponsored by Collaborative Professionals of Virginia

If you are facing divorce or separation, you have many questions.

Get answers by attending a Divorce Options^® workshop. Divorce Options^® is a public education workshop offered through the Collaborative Professionals of Virginia.

Search the virtual Divorce Options® Workshop schedule.

How a Divorce Options^® Workshop Can Help You

Divorce Options^® will help you understand and manage the legal, financial and emotional aspects of this challenging life transition.

Divorce Options^® will help you explore your choices and make informed decisions about which process will most likely lead to your desired outcomes.

Divorce Options^® will help you take control of your divorce and move forward with your life, with guidance from trained professionals in law, finance and counseling.

Who Should Attend Divorce Options^®

Workshops are open to all individuals and couples in Virginia who are contemplating separation or divorce

• Whether married, domestic partners or cohabiting

• Whether same or opposite gender

• With or without children

Divorce Options^® provides you with up-to-date, unbiased information about:

• Spousal support (alimony) and child support

• Separate and marital property

• Tax consequences of divorce

• Legal and physical custody

• Impact of separation and divorce on children

Find the answers to important questions:

• What happens in court?

• How much time do divorces take?

• How much do divorces cost?

• How do you get started?

• What resources are available to you?

Learn the possible advantages and disadvantages of:

• Self-representation (“pro se” or “do-it-yourself”)

• Mediation

• Collaborative Practice

• Traditional Representation

Get information from professionals on how to:

• Talk to your children about divorce

• Protect the things that are important to you

• Preserve family relationships

• Maintain your emotional health and lessen stress

• Work together instead of against each other

• Retain control of the divorce process

Divorce Options^® workshops are presented by a team of Collaborative Divorce professionals trained in this unique process: a Collaborative Divorce lawyer, a financial specialist and a divorce/communication coach.  Each team member has experience guiding other people like you successfully through a divorce without time consuming and costly litigation.

The cost for the two-hour workshop is $15 for an individual and $25 for a couple who register together.

You may attend individually or as a couple.  Ticket purchase as required for each event.

Divorce Options^® workshops are uniformly presented by Collaborative Practice Virginia member groups throughout the state.