A company in Chapter 11 doesn’t stop operating. Neither does your family.
The practice of divorce law is dominated by litigators. Even in the out-of-court divorce options like mediation and collaborative law, almost all the attorneys started as traditional family law litigators.
I don’t want to be friends with my ex.
Not once in the year following Chris moving out of our home did it cross my mind that Chris and I would someday be friends. I don’t even know if what we’d call our relationship type is even “friends” now. Co-parenting is really its own thing.
How we ended up building a divorce method that didn’t exist.
The legal industry isn’t exactly known for innovation. Lawyers are famously risk averse.
You likely wouldn’t hire a divorce attorney who quoted the Silicon Valley ethos of “move fast and break things” as the way they would handle your divorce.
Our divorce story and the beginning of Redefining Family.
Chris and I got divorced seven years ago. We’re launching a business together this month. The best way to explain what we’re doing is to go back to the beginning.