Client Profile
A recent collaborative law divorce client thought she needed $933-per-month to pay her bills. We helped her create a budget showing her actual monthly expenses were $5,100. By exposing the financial facts, both spouses received a settlement that satisfied their financial needs. This client was Heidi Michel. Her comments about her Collaborative Law divorce experience are below.
“My budget was so wrong!
I had no idea that I would be paying taxes on my alimony.
Arons & Associates provided invaluable help to me during my Collaborative Law divorce. Because I knew what I needed,
I was able to clearly articulate my financial needs and objectives.
I have recommended Sandy to friends and feel that her services made a significant difference in
my divorce settlement.”
Heidi Michel, divorcee — Franklin, TN
Divorce Does Not
Have To Be A Battle
Our process REDUCES
conflict and stress.
“Collaborative Divorce —
A Safe Place”
Click to watch this 20 minute film following the true life story of one couple as they proceed through their own Collaborative divorce.
Are divorce financial matters
mysterious as an abacus?
We'll decipher and translate.
Divorce settlements
need a solid
financial foundation.
We will help you through
the financial / paperwork
maze of a divorce.
Collaborative Law Divorce
The Collaborative Law Team helps spouses achieve a divorce that minimizes the negative economic, social and emotional consequences that undermine families in the traditional adversarial divorce process. By focusing on the children and the welfare of the family overall, Collaborative Law helps parents provide their children with the emotional support and healthy co-parenting they need. Collaborative Law accomplishes these goals because three independent professional disciplines (attorney, financial professional and divorce coach) work together as a team to integrate the legal, financial and emotional aspects of a divorce.
Arons & Associates serves as the Financial Professional on a Collaborative Divorce team. As the Financial Professional we work with both spouses as a “financial neutral.” Our role is to:
- Provide on-going financial planning, analysis and counseling throughout the divorce process to both spouses and their attorneys.
- Assist with financial "discovery" by gathering and organizing documentation and information relating to the parties’ incomes, expenses, assets and debt.
- Ensure that both spouses and their attorneys have a thorough understanding of their current financial situation.
- Educate the spouses and their attorneys on the short- and long-term economic consequences of settlement options being considered.
- Enable spouses to make fully informed decisions and choose what is most appropriate for their situation.
“As the Financial Professional on
my Collaborative Law team, Sandy
helped us understand our financial
reality. This gave me a tremendous
peace of mind for the future. The
fee I paid to Arons & Associates
was money well-spent. Thank you
Sandy for all your hard work!”
Dr. Martha Leonard, divorcee — Bellevue, TN
You Control The Process
The Collaborative Law divorce process is controlled by the spouses. It keeps the decision making power in the hands of the people who will have to live with results of the outcome. The spouses retain full decision making authority and control. This is very different from an adversarial process where ultimately the court and state formulas decide what the divorce settlement and co-parenting arrangement will be.
Our founder and President, Sandy Arons, served as the financial neutral for the first Collaborative Law divorce in Tennessee and continues to be a pioneer and advocate for Collaborative divorce in the state. Ms. Arons is a founding member and Treasurer of her local association for collaborative professionals — Middle Tennessee Collaborative Alliance (www.mtcollab.com). Also, visit www.collaborativepractice.com for more information on collaborative divorce.
