Beryl McNeill is a Registered Collaborative Family Lawyer & Mediator based in Calgary, AB. Collaborative divorce is a non-adversarial negotiating process, usually characterized by a series of meetings between the parties and their lawyers (and sometimes outside professionals for support and assistance), with a commitment to the following : negotiating the dissolution of your marriage in an atmosphere of honesty, co-operation, integrity and professionalism geared toward your future well-being and the well-being of your family; giving full, honest and open disclosure of all relevant information, whether requested or not; protecting the privacy, respect and dignity of all involved; maintaining a high standard of integrity and specifically will not take advantage of your spouse, and will not take advantage of the miscalculations or inadvertent mistakes of others, and; no contested court applications. A Registered Collaborative Family Law Lawyer has special training in the Harvard Model of Interest Based Negotiation Theory (based on the Win-Win Paradigm set out in “Getting to Yes” by Roger Fisher and William Ury). They also have a minimum of 40 hours of Family Mediation Training.
Collaborative Divorce – Beryl McNeill Lawyer & Mediator
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8 Responses to Collaborative Divorce – Beryl McNeill Lawyer & Mediator
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This is inspirational in defining the Collaborative Divorce process and clearly outlining the benefits of a non adverserial process to resolving marital dispute.
Robert Colby, Psychologist, Vancouver, B.C.
Hi Beryl
Great piece.
Brad
What a powerful paradigm to protect the dignity, integrity and long-term interests of all family members.
Maggie Day, Teacher, Cold Lake, AB
Great job on a wonderful, informative video!
Nicole Garton-Jones, Heritage Law, West Vancouver, BC
GREAT JOB
Well done, keep up the good work
Aiton Birnbaum, Divorcing Peacefully, Israel
Beryl, this is wonderful. It could be applied in so many conflicts in our world today.
karen Schrey
Great Video Beryl!