Sticking Together as You Are Coming Apart

For Sara Horowitz, practicing Family Law and Collaborative Divorce is a calling. Her North Star is helping families and children through divorce and adoption with kindness, education, and integrity. Sara has built a reputation for results by focusing her legal efforts on uncontested and collaborative dissolutions of marriage, child and spousal support, child timesharing, property division, paternity, and stepparent, relative, and foster care adoptions.

Sara graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida in Gainesville with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and a Minor in Criminology. She went on to receive her JD from UF Levin College of Law, with honors.

In this episode, Kris Flammang talks to Sara Horowitz about her transition from traditional litigation to collaborative and uncontested divorce resolutions. She shares her decade-long experience in family law, emphasizing the emotional toll of litigation on families, particularly children. Sara discusses the benefits of collaborative divorce, a non-adversarial process involving a professional team working together to help spouses reach resolutions outside of court. She encourages clients to consider alternatives to the traditional adversarial process, promoting open communication, collaboration, and a focus on the well-being of the family unit.

Sarah highlights her commitment to directly working with clients, providing care, compassion, and dignity throughout the process. She manages expectations and emotions by collaborating with a neutral facilitator in the collaborative process, ensuring transparent communication and avoiding surprises. The podcast delves into misconceptions about divorce, Sarah's passion for educating clients about collaborative and uncontested options, and her vision for the future, which includes growing the collaborative process in her practice.

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

·       Alternative to Traditional Litigation: Listeners will gain an understanding of how collaborative divorce involves a professional team working together to help spouses reach resolutions outside of court, with a focus on reducing emotional and financial stress.

·       Navigating Emotional Challenges: Explore the emotional toll of litigation on families, especially children. Learn about the role of a neutral facilitator in managing emotions, promoting open communication, and ensuring that both spouses are well-prepared for discussions during the collaborative process.

·       Benefits of Uncontested Divorce: Insights Into the benefits of this approach, which involves negotiations between spouses or attorneys and may include pre-suit mediation, ultimately streamlining the divorce process.

·       The Solo Practitioner Approach: Emphasizing direct involvement with clients, which provides personalized legal services with care, compassion, and dignity, creating a supportive environment for clients going through significant life transitions.

·       The Shifting Paradigm within the Legal Community: Getting more attorneys to embrace collaborative divorce principles. A glimpse into the potential future of family law resolutions.

Connect with Sara Horowitz

https://horowitzlawpa.com/

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