Collaborative Law

“No matter how a couple shares financial information during their marriage, in a divorce, both people have the right to be fully informed.” – Theresa Beran Kulat, Collaborative [...]

Earlier this year, we redesigned our website with the intention to provide resources for people in the Chicagoland area who are considering divorce and who want to do so with dignity. We began [...]

I help people settle cases. Non-lawyers sometimes think that the law “is” something and that there is a “right answer”. Folks who went through law school know that is far [...]

Lynn Torre, a Certified Financial Planner and founder of Financial Transitions, Ltd., hosts the Mind Money Connection on WebTalkRadio. Her podcasts – and corresponding books – educate [...]

People’s lives can be complicated. When a couple gets divorced, life often gets even more complicated. Many aspects of their lives need to be untangled, including finances. That means [...]

The end of a marriage does not need to cause collateral damage to the entire family. Downers Grove attorney Theresa Beran Kulat is an expert in collaborative divorce law, an emerging practice [...]

“Happy. Divorced. Holidays.”  These words don’t usually go together.  For many, it’s more like “Tension. Divorced. Holidays” right? And what does Facebook have to do with the holidays and divorce [...]

What is Collaborative Law? Collaborative Law is a way for people who have a legal problem to work out a solution, with the help of lawyers, outside of the court system. When these people find [...]

Spiritual teachings applied to the practice of law can lead to a more joy-filled and manageable Life. This article takes a fresh look at “opposites.” By altering our perspective of things that [...]