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Family Law Section Meeting

Collaborative Prenuptial Agreements

SPEAKERS
Susan Stephen Coats
Suzan Barrie Aiken

The essence of the “Collaborative negotiation process” is the shared belief of the participants that it is in the best interests of the Parties and their upcoming marriage to avoid adversarial negotiation methods. It is the joint intention of all participants to create the Parties’ Agreement in a manner that does not damage the Parties’ relationship and that strengthens, rather than endangers, their upcoming marriage. One of the major goals of the Collaborative premarital negotiation process is to minimize, if not eliminate, the potentially negative economic and emotional consequences of traditional premarital agreement negotiation processes.

The presentation will be followed by a time for Q&A.

1.0 CLE will be provided.

Ingrid Carbone and Kate Rockas
Co-Chairs of the MCBA Family Law Section

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1.0 CLE | General

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05/18/2021 12:00 PM 05/18/2021 1:00 PM America/Los_Angeles Family Law Section Meeting Collaborative Prenuptial Agreements Zoom Webinar, , , CA, Marin County Bar Association info@marinbar.org false MM/DD/YYYY

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Date and Location

Tuesday | May 18, 2021
12:00-1:00P

Zoom Webinar

Speaker Information

Susan Stephen Coats

Susan is a Family Law Attorney with over 30 years of experience. Her practice is limited to working with clients in the consensual dispute resolution models of Collaborative Practice and Mediation and the preparation of premarital and post-marital contracts. She is the past co chair of the Collaborative Practice Marin Board of Directors, and was a founding member of the Collaborative Practice San Francisco group in 1998. Appointments are available in San Francisco and in Marin.

Ms. Coats is a certified as a Specialist in Family Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. She is a former chair of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of California and a former member of the governing board of the American Bar Association Family Law Section. She is also a past board president of Kids’ Turn, an organization which provides education for children whose parents are divorcing. Ms. Coats maintains an AV Preeminent rating with Martindale-Hubbell and has been named a Superlawyer by Law and Politics Publications. She has been an author, publication consultant, and speaker for the American Bar Association, Continuing Education for the Bar California, and Matthew Bender publications.

Suzan Barrie Aiken

Suzan is a Collaborative family law attorney and mediator with more than thirty years of experience successfully negotiating and mediating family law settlements. She is committed to facilitating respectful negotiation and creative settlements. Suzan has been a Collaborative practitioner since 1998. Her practice is devoted exclusively to consensual dispute resolution. Suzan is the past president of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals and a past president of Collaborative Practice California. Suzan served on the board of her local Collaborative Practice group for many years after more than five years of service as their first board president. Suzan chaired the 2012 Collaborative Practice California annual statewide and was a chair of the 2011 and 2008 CP Cal annual statewide conferences. She was honored with the Collaborative Practice California Eureka Award in 2010. Suzan regularly presents on Collaborative Practice and consensual dispute resolution topics to statewide, international and local organizations. She has offices in Sausalito and Berkeley, California.