In my many years of experience, I’ve seen firsthand the impact of informed decision-making on the process and its outcomes.
It’s so important to understand this because when you’re informed, you have so many more solutions available to you to choose from.
Have you considered all avenues before choosing divorce? Counseling or mediation could offer alternatives worth exploring.
Are you aware of your legal entitlements? Understanding property division, child custody, and support rights is crucial for a fair settlement.
How will your decisions impact your future? Reflect on financial stability, co-parenting arrangements, and emotional well-being as you navigate this transition.
Informed decisions lay the foundation for a smoother divorce process and a brighter post-divorce future.
Please reach out if you would like to explore what this would look like for you.
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.