Offering a thoughtful, pragmatic, and personalized approach to divorce mediation and collaborative divorce.
Offering a thoughtful, pragmatic, and personalized approach to divorce mediation and collaborative divorce.
About me
Kristy Larch
My practice is grounded in dignity, strong communication, and understanding individual and family needs and goals. I support individuals and families in focusing on solutions consistent with their unique values providing skilled support for creative problem solving related to their divorce transition. My process background involves Collaborative Law, mediation, and divorce litigation. I have years of experience working within the legal system and within voluntary processes such as mediation and collaborative divorce. Divorce, regardless of process, most often involves finances and often co-parenting. At times, mental health, substance abuse, intimate partner abuse. At all times, the creation of durable agreements. This background and combined knowledge allow me to work with a broad array of individuals, families, and divorce related issues.
How I practice
My practice focuses on thoughtful, pragmatic, and individualized solutions. I work as a mediator to facilitate communications, financial uncoupling and resource allocation, and parenting arrangements. I also represent individuals in the collaborative divorce process. The focus is on creating a durable settlement agreement that thoughtfully shares financial resources, minimizes parenting chaos, and provides new skills to work through future conflict.
Practice Areas
Interests based negotiations
Each family is unique. From who is in their family and how they define their family, to their aspirations for their children's well being (when there are children) and their financial management. It also involves relationships within communities which continue to exist after a family experiences a divorce transition. Individuals often desire to maintain or transform a variety of relationships as they uncouple. How individuals participate in the business of their separation is key to their broader goals.
Collaborative Law
This is a formal contractual process that supports creative individualized solutions for divorcing individuals. It involves mutual decision making, transparency, dignity, and durable solutions. The clients and their interdisciplinary professionals are supported by a participation agreement, road map, and ethics protocols in this statutory process.
Mediation
Facilitative mediation involves individuals working together to create durable personalized agreements with the help of a skilled neutral mediator. They may also use consulting attorneys to review and advise re agreements they are contemplating. The mediator will set agendas and should be able to provide a process road map. The mediator may have a financial, legal, or mental health background. Sometimes they have background in more than one of these areas.
Divorce Financial Analyst
Individuals often need a professional with training and background related to financial issues in a divorce process. This role involves assisting individuals and families in understanding and creating options for allocating their financial resources in divorce.
Professional Affiliations
Current
Former President of King County Collaborative Law.
Member Academy of Professional Family Mediators (APFM).
Member Washington State Bar Association.
Certified Divorce Financial Analyst.
Member International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.
Member of Collaborative Professionals of Washington.