But, with the right knowledge and guidance, you can come out of it stronger and more empowered.
As a seasoned divorce family lawyer and mediator, I’ve assisted numerous clients through this challenging process, and here are some essential insights and tips:
🔹Understanding your financial landscape is critical. Do you have a comprehensive understanding of your assets, liabilities, and financial accounts?
🔹Collaborative negotiation is often the most effective approach. Are you open to exploring mediation or collaborative divorce to reach amicable agreements?
🔹Protecting your interests is paramount. Have you considered the importance of prenuptial agreements or postnuptial agreements to safeguard your assets?
🔹Seeking professional support is key. Have you assembled a strong team of advisors, including financial planners and forensic accountants, to guide you through the process?
With strategic planning and expert guidance, you can achieve a fair and equitable resolution.
Reach out today to learn more about how I can support you through your high-net-worth divorce.
Beryl McNeill is a Calgary divorce lawyer who strongly believes mutual respect and understanding go a long way toward resolving family law matters. As a Registered Collaborative Law practitioner in Calgary, she has dedicated her firm to amicable, cooperative negotiation as a means for settling divorces. Furthermore, throughout her law career, Beryl has seen the costs of adversarial negotiations, both financial and emotional. In emphasizing the collaborative approach, Beryl offers her clients a more efficient model that preserves personal and monetary assets alike.
More and more individuals are attracted to resolving their family law matters in a civil, respectful way. Therefore, they come to Beryl from many walks of life—as professionals in the oil and gas industry and their spouses, business owners, and working spouses with children. Clients say that even after a single consultation with Beryl they feel less stressed and more clear about the way forward.
Beryl understands the often fearful, emotional early stages of divorce. Incorporating skills developed from her training as a life coach, Beryl helps clients move beyond their stress response to more logical, creative thinking. Once there, she works with clients to discover what’s truly important to them in attaining divorce. Furthermore, she encourages clients to picture what a successful settlement would look like a year or more down the road as a means of focusing on their goals. By educating and empowering clients, Beryl seeks to transform the way they resolve family disputes—in a more constructive, intelligent and amicable way than would be possible otherwise.
Finally, Beryl is very active with the Family Bar and the Collaborative Law Community. Her involvement provides her clients with the assurance that she has her finger on the pulse of Family Law in Alberta, offering them a distinct advantage in their quest for equity and civility.