Institute for Marriage & Relationship
Preservation & Enhancement

The Institute for Marriage and Relationship Preservation and Enhancement’s main focus is to assist couples in developing and preserving successful marriages and relationships.

However, it is a given fact, despite all the efforts some marriages do not survive.  We will still assist those individuals move to the next level with as much civility and dignity as possible-always taking into account the well-being of the overall family, especially the children.  In these situations, we support the collaborative divorce process:

Collaborative Law is quickly becoming a popular dispute resolution option in Texas.  In the Collaborative Law model, you, your spouse, and lawyers agree in advance that no one will take any contested issue to court. The “Collaborative Team,” which often includes mental-health and financial professionals, focuses all its attention on finding ways to restructure a family so that everyone involved gets their needs met to the greatest extent possible. The lawyers in this team are divorce lawyers and family law attorneys with experience in Collaborative Law.

Collaborative Law starts with the idea that most people want to move through family law matters as quickly and efficiently as possible. Most people do not want to harm their spouse and children, they just want to change their situation from the way it is to something they believe will work better. Collaborative Law eliminates much of the strategic game playing that often accompanies litigation, as well as the hard feelings that are created when one person has to win and the other has to lose. In the unlikely event that clients are not able to settle their cases using the Collaborative Law model, litigation attorneys can still take the case to court.