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"A Guide Through the Divorce Process" |
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By Paul Cockerman - Special to the Record
It’s not that Lynne Glazer has anything against the legal profession itself-far from it. Glazer just believes that couples contemplating divorce should steer clear of its adversarial ways as much as they can.
The legal system “can manipulate you, coerce you, push you through it before you’re ready to cope,” claims the fiftyish divorcee and mother of two. “If people knew how destructive the treacherous process was, they’d immediately sit down and work out an agreement.”
Enter Glazer, who has set up a divorce counseling practice in Massachusetts. She’ll counsel, provide mediation, and life strategies, provide information, do research, and will draft divorce proposals that covers all the issues that needs to be in their separation agreements.
 “I provide comprehensive divorce planning, “Glazer says. “It’s not wise the minute you separate to run off and hire a lawyer. I provide information on how the legal system works, and I encourage my clients to divorce amicably and fairly. My goal is to save people major financial loss and emotional turmoil.”
Not surprisingly, Glazer’s own experience provided the impetus for her career choice. She was dragged into divorce proceedings while working on her master’s in social work at the University of Connecticut, and it proved to be a long and harrowing road. Her case took five years to get through the system, using three lawyers and two mediators. (Glazer had to file a legal motion at one point to fire an incompetent attorney), and she was told that because she was a stay-at-home mom,” she “deserved nothing". "I started reading everything I could find on divorce,” Glazer notes. “Knowledge truly is power when you are entering the legal system, and when you’re getting a divorce, you’re probably dealing with the legal system for the first time, and when you’re least prepared to do so, from an emotional perspective. My goal is to help people avoid, in any possible way what I went through.”
She also helps couples realize that they will be going through three divorces-the legal, the financial divorce, and an emotional counterpart, and that an appreciation for this fact will facilitate negotiations towards a fair and amicable outcome.
“The party initiating a legal divorce almost always has worked out more of the emotional issues attached,” Glazer says, “while the person being left has a lot of catching up to do. When people are digging in their heels during negotiations, it’s because they’re still in emotional pain.”
Glazer’s market is a growing one because her service provides a viable alternative to the adversarial divorce model. Nearly 68 percent of marriages in the United States end up in divorce, which helps perpetuate the problems of the legal system.
“It’s an adversarial system. It’s a bad fit for the American family because it’s divisive, expensive and exacerbates the problem. The only people that win in an adversarial system are the lawyers,” she explains. “My clients can take control and decide among themselves how they want the system to work for them. It’s a healthier and more viable approach to divorce.”
Interested parties can receive a Free Divorce Assessment from Lynne Glazer today!
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