Life is unpredictable. Sometimes it is downright cruel and overwhelming, despite your most determined efforts to manage it. Helping you regain perspective and control after a serious setback or difficult period - by finding the most practical, cost-effective legal solution - is what we strive for at the Law and Mediation Offices of Mark A. Newton

When facing divorce, one should try to frame the experience in the most optimistic, hopeful light. It is helpful to look at it as a transition, even an opportunity. You know more about yourself - and perhaps relationships - than you once did, and the life you build with this wisdom can eventually be a happy and productive one.

Of course there’s no getting around the fact that the end of any marriage is a tumultuous time and brings its share of pain.

At such an emotionally challenging phase of life, it’s in your best interest to keep the divorce process as smooth and amicable as possible. If there are children involved, it is worth any amount of self-sacrifice to spare them additional pain.

Fortunately there are options designed to help families resolve divorce issues in a way that better serves the futures of everyone. With both mediation and collaborative divorce, the parties involved have control of the process, not the lawyers, courts or legal system.

Attorney Newton has helped many couples find ways to keep bitterness, hostility, or a rush to get the experience over with, from leading to decisions that hurt one or both parties down the road.

If you are dealing with a divorce , or if too much debt has caused you to contemplate  bankruptcy, contact us for competent counsel who will give you an honest and ethical opinion about what to do next. We understand that the issues of bankruptcy and divorce often go hand in hand. In fact, one of the primary factors in leading to bankruptcy filings is the dissolution of a marriage.