At Theresa Beran Kulat & Associates, we are dedicated to helping people resolve legal issues in a non-adversarial way. Theresa Kulat, a practicing attorney since 1992, learned about Collaborative Practice in 2000. She saw it as an innovative, rational approach to divorce in a process that too often overlooks the fact that real people and real families are involved.
The Collaborative Practice Option
When a couple gets married, they do not plan to break up. In some cases, however, people grow in different directions and despite their best efforts, it becomes clear that a divorce is best for all involved. Collaborative Practice, also referred to as collaborative divorce, is an innovative approach in that couples agree to avoid litigation and instead commit to a process where they work together to find solutions to their differences.
With the assistance of their respective attorneys, couples negotiate agreements through educated decision-making, maintaining respect, establishing communication and having compassion for each other. The final legally binding agreements provide each spouse with a place to stand and build a new future and, at the same time, allow them the opportunity to play a vital role in raising their children.
Theresa Beran Kulat & Associates, P.C., is recognized throughout the law community as a compassionate, talented group of people committed to
Collaborative Practice.
Why Theresa Beran Kulat & Associates?
Our clients’ lives are impacted in a positive way during a very difficult time. Past clients report positive self-esteem because of how they conducted themselves during their divorce. They have developed the skills they will need to maintain solid working relationships with former spouses and to build healthy new lives. Their children benefit because their needs were at the core of the process and the final agreements.
Over the years, we have developed an outstanding network of divorce coaches, financial specialists, and child specialists who are also deeply committed to helping clients identify their most important needs and set a course for the future. These specialists are brought in on an as-needed basis.
Our experience further strengthens our belief that Collaborative Practice is the answer when a couple places a high value on respect, communication, compassion, and truthfulness, rather than simply winning. When the divorce is complete, our clients feel positive about themselves and about what they have done to reach agreements that work.
