Web Links, Forms and Suggested Readings

Collaborative Law

Judge Stephen Halsey of the Tenth Judicial District Interviews Linda K. Wray and Ronald D. Ousky about Collaborative Law: www.QCTV.org (Click Community, Scroll to The District Court Show, Then Click Watch Full Episode. The first seven minutes is Judge Halseys interview of Judge Todd Schoffelman. The last 23 minutes is his interview of Linda Wray and Ron Ousky.)

• The Collaborative Law Institute of Minnesota
• Divorce Choices; Alternatives for families in conflict
• Collaborative Divorce Minnesota
• International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
• Divorce Net: Family Law Information, Solutions, News and Community

Forms

Documents For All Divorces
(Adversarial Model, Collaborative Law And Mediation)

• List of Typical Documents Required in a Divorce
• Divorce Questionnaire
• Budget Form (Microsoft Excel Sheet to be completed in cases involving child support and/or spousal maintenance)
• Guidelines for Parents Going Through Divorce or Break-up of a Relationship
• Parenting Plan (Form)

Collaborative Law Documents

• Participation Agreement (Contract signed by both clients and both attorneys setting forth the principles of the Collaborative Law process)
• What is Collaborative Law? (Describes the Collaborative Law model in more detail)

Parenting

• Our Family Wizard

Mediation

• Rules of Mediation

Other

• Grants for Single Mothers

Suggested Reading

• The Collaborative Way to Divorce, by Stuart Webb and Ronald Ousky, published by Hudson Street Press (2006)
• Collaborative Divorce, by Pauline Tesler, J.D. and Peggy Thompson, Phd, published by Regan Books (2006)
• The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce, by Judith S. Wallerstein, Julia M. Lewis, and Sandra Blakeslee, published by Hyperion (2000)
• Mom’s House, Dad’s House, Making Two Homes for your Child, A Complete Guide for Parents Who are Separated, Divorced or Remarried, by Isolina Ricci, Ph.D., published by Simon & Schuster (1997)
• Making it as a Stepparent: New Roles/New Rules, by Claire Berman, published by Harper and Row, 1986
• Divorce & New Beginnings, An Authoritative Guide to Recovery and Growth, Solo Parenting and Stepfamilies, By Genevieve Clapp, Ph.D., published by John Wiley & Sons (1992)
• For Better Or For Worse, Divorce Reconsidered, Surprising Results from the Most Comprehensive Study of Divorce in American, by E. Mavis Hetherington and John Kelly, published by W.W. Norton & Co. (2002)
• Second Chances, Men, Women and Children a Decade After Divorce, by Judith S. Wallerstein & Sandra Blakeslee, published by Houghton Mifflin Co. (1996)