McGill Law Blog
Divorce is never an easy time. If you and your spouse are both listed on the family home, you have several options. Before you choose a divorce loan, it’s important to note that you can begin at any stage of your divorce from before it’s filed to while it’s pending and, of course, once it has been finalized.
We took our annual firm retreat west this year to Colorado Springs where surprisingly we were greeted by warmer temperatures and less snow than Omaha! If that wasn’t reason to celebrate enough, we reveled in the anniversary of 10 years as a firm and being twice the size as we were this time last year!
We are excited to announce our latest, innovative alternative to traditional divorce… Collaborative Mediation. Our clients can utilize this groundbreaking approach right here at McGill Law! McGill Law is honored to be the sole law firm in the Nebraska and Council Bluffs area to offer Collaborative Mediation.
It is hard to believe that I started McGill Law ten years ago. Those ten years flew by! In 2011, when I started McGill Law, I knew that I wanted to continue to help people through their legal matters, but I wanted to help people differently. I wanted to focus on the client and to provide expert legal guidance with compassion, integrity, and their futures in mind.
We have all had enough of 2020 and we are banking on a brighter and more hopeful future. Some of us have even more reason than others. If you are recently separated or divorced or contemplating either from your partner, it’s a good idea to start preparing for the next stage of life. Here are some tips that might help ensure a smoother transition in the upcoming year.
The holidays can be a stressful and chaotic time of year. Gathering this information may seem overwhelming, but we can help. At McGill Law we pride ourselves in giving our clients the guidance, support and attention they need and deserve. If you are contemplating a separation, divorce or custody issue, we would be happy to answer your questions and guide you through the process.
Plan in Advance. Work out where your children will be during the holiday season, and where, when and how exchanges will take place. Your children will feel secure knowing the plan ahead of time, and you will experience less frustration if you are not figuring out the details last minute. These free tools can help:
As with every holiday or family occasion after divorce, it is important to not focus on how things were, but instead on how things are. Thanksgiving is typically a holiday that celebrates ‘togetherness’. It is very easy to feel ‘other’ instead of ‘together’ on holidays even while surrounded by family and friends following a divorce or life transition.
I recently ran across a funny quote on Facebook, “When life gets stressful, do something to lift your spirits … go for a drive, go two or three thousand miles away. Or… maybe change your name.” Now, there’s a thought! It’s such a simple suggestion and in practice, it can be. It actually depends on whose name you want to change, the individual facts of your case, when and how you go about doing it.
The concept of ‘nesting’ during and after divorce, also referred to as ‘bird nesting” has been around for years but has recently taken new interest by families in the current pandemic. Nesting is a concept to refer to a situation whereby the kids stay in the family home and the parents alternate staying at the family home with the children during their respective parenting times.
Working from home, avoiding public outings and limiting contact at school and work are all important to reduce the spread of COVID-19. But these actions may not be the safest for domestic violence victims. Since the pandemic hit, there has been a global increase in the reported numbers of domestic violence incidents and that number is likely just a fraction of the actual occurrence.
The global pandemic that we are all still experiencing has presented and continues to present a new set of challenges for all of us. Some of us are dealing with reduction of income or loss of a job; some are assisting a sick family member; some are still reeling from the sudden halt to life as we knew it. Regardless of your specific additional challenges brought about by pandemic, know that you are not alone! These additional challenges have also brought additional conflict for many couples.
In mediation, the parties who need guidance in resolving their disputes are able to sit together at the same table to have informal conversations with a skilled and trained professional. The mediator will facilitate the discussions by helping to keep the parties on track and gravitating toward a complete agreement.
