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Part One: Courage
I’d like to issue readers a three-day challenge that will hopefully change your current approach to your divorce. So here we go!
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Tagged as: courage, cristin lowe, Divorce, hope, separation, support
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Resilience
Another definition of resilience is to recover from adversity. As a person who is going through or has gone through a divorce, choose to not settle for….
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What the new year brings
Often times the holidays fail to bring about peace, and are instead the triggering factor for the end of a marriage or domestic partnership. Other couples make a joint decision to wait until the New Year for tax purposes or keeping the family together for one more holiday season. Whatever the reason, although there is […] read more…
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Firm updates
Happy New Year from the Law Office of Cristin M. Lowe! We are excited to share the latest news with our office and our New Year’s resolutions.
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Contra Costa Pro Per Clinic
TBD based upon Contra Costa Bar calendaring. Please call or email us to check the next available date.
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Starting Your Divorce Seminar
Starting Your Divorce Seminar – 3rd Wednesday of every month, 6:30-8:00 pm. The Starting Your Divorce seminar answers the question of what to do after you decide to end your marriage. This includes guiding you through the steps necessary to protect your children, your assets, and your future. Ms. Lowe reviews all of the required […] read more…
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Lawyer in the library
Lawyer in the library – 2nd Monday of every month, 5:30 -7:30 pm. Sponsored by the Alameda County Bar, Lawyers in the Library provides free, private legal advice to all residents. Participants meet with Ms. Lowe one on one and can ask any legal questions during their allotted time, which depends on the number of […] read more…
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Things to Accept about Divorce
Divorce is frustrating and emotional. There isn’t a good way to get around these feelings, but being able to accept certain realities will ease this difficult time in your life. Divorce is a process. Remember that it’s not an event. The difference between the two isn’t semantics. Studies have shown that divorce is very similar […] read more…
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Protecting Your Financial Future in your Divorce
I tell clients to pretend that they are living in two worlds during the divorce process: 1) the legal world; and 2) the real world. In the legal world, their divorce orders and judgment can state that one party takes certain debts and the other party takes other debts. Unfortunately, in the real world, creditors […] read more…
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Improving the communication between you and your attorney
Speaking with your attorney, who is a near-stranger stranger to you, about the most intimate details of your personal life can be difficult, embarrassing, and downright undesirable. At the same time, it’s a great source of frustration for clients when their attorney doesn’t seem to want to listen to what they have to say. By […] read more…
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